Same price as mine. I added the stainless steel filter for $39 extra. I don’t want to use paper filters.
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^this is the concern at restaurants… One person traced the MAIN source of contamination to these more so than packaging [in one case] The recommendations are still terrible however (it recommended replacing vinyl with… PE…)
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Now CHEWING GUM releases MNPs… (i guess thats it for my nicotine gum, I didn’t like it that much)
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[this seems conservative…]
[it still might be underestimating degradation from legacy plastics, which we don’t have a good model of]
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Here’s the chewing gum study. Pilot only, but wirth a read
https://archive.ph/cSeCE#selection-2015.80-2018.0
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oskar-hagelskjaer/ is rly worth following
pukka and yogi are allegedly plastic,free. and numi?
but tazo (which LOOKS LIKE NUMI) not yet?
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A blueberry a day keeps the microplastics away?
This review suggest protective role for anthocyanins against microplastic harm
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FWIW…
FWIW…
Another article on the subject…
“Your Best Defense Against Microplastics Might Already Be in Your Produce Drawer”
Published on April 6, 2025
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Aronia berries have the most:
Though I admit blackberries are the best tasting
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/well/microplastics-health.html
He thinks the issue is more already broken down MPs that get in the soil MORE so than packaging (which is not quite so likely to be micronanoplastics)
[eg the fruits/vegetables paper]
but this only suggests the problem will get exponentially worse with time. If they might not have health effects one year, with exponential growth [AND pre-existing plastic debt] they may suddenly trigger population-wide health effects in EVERYONE in several years (at the rate they’re going). At this point the real only hope [other than CR - too much for most to handle] is Ozempic, before this cursed administration might even take away our ability to get it…
Signal boosted in the first uploaded youtube video
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PT5c1z3LL8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRBN_4L09Mg)
I’ve stopped putting the plastic lids of foods/spice containers back on, given that MPs are released during friction of putting the lid on/off. I know people who visit can find it… strange…
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I need to find some washable drawer/cabinet organizers. Clear plastic containers are the best solution I can find, but I’ve hesitated adding more plastic to the house.
Aside from being bad for the planet, if the plastic does not come in contact with our food, is there any harm you know of? I assume not, but I thought I’d ask.
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There are probably 6 g of plastics in your brain.
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Tea bags are the worst:
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So I took my wife out last night for Mothers Day, Red Lobster. On the table was a grinder of sea salt (which has a large number of microplastics already) and the grinder was made of plastic. It seems like salt would be harder than plastic so I don’t even see how it works over time. My AI friend says " polyoxymethylene (POM), a type of plastic, release thousands of microplastic particles per 100 milligrams of ground salt" That’s what they’re made of.
So… no salt on my food, which some of you think is a longevity thing anyway.
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