Tag: microplastics

• A plateful of plastic? Sources of plastic in our diet – Part 2 of 3

  In Part 1 of this series, I discussed why reducing exposure matters for our health. In this part, I’ll cover how plastic-based chemicals and particles get into our food and beverages, including: (a) already present within minerals, plants, and animals; (b) added through processing and packaging; and (c) added during cooking, serving, and storage. This part…

  laurelstandley

  July 22, 2026

  clean eating, food and beverages, plastic, plastic, reducing exposure, toxic chemicals

  clean eating, environment, exposure, food, health, microplastics, plastic, toxins

• “One word: plastics.” Health concerns and tips to reduce exposure in your diet.

  In the nearly sixty years since that line was uttered by Dustin Hoffman in the movie The Graduate, plastics have spread far and wide across the surface of the earth. They, or their breakdown products, are present in samples collected from the deepest oceans, on mountain tops, in air and clouds, our homes, our food, and…

  laurelstandley

  June 6, 2024

  food and beverages, plastic, reducing exposure, toxic chemicals

  diet, environment, exposure, food, health, microplastics, plastic, plastic-pollution