How big of a concern should my exposure to plastic be? How can I reduce my exposure?
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How big of a concern should my exposure to plastic be? How can I reduce my exposure?
>How can I reduce my exposure?
Is milk that comes in a plastic jug a problem?
I feel like I should just replace milk with pizza in my diet black coffee isn't that bad.
I don't know. Assuming people don't drink as much milk as they do bottled water and that the latter is more likely to be exposed to sunlight by the consumer it maybe is less of a problem. Now, the real question is if the benefits of drinking milk that comes in a plastic jug outweigh the drawbacks. They probably do for most people. Plastic may be just another one of the several environmental toxins and if so it would be more efficient to focus on optimizing our detoxification processes, by doing things like optimizing protein intake.
There are some that have been third-party tested and shown to be as effective as they claim. Do you trust water companies to remove effectively the toxins they claim to do?
How would consuming protein help with detoxification?
NTA, but I trust them to do it more than I trust the government to do it (via tap water). I’ve worked for a municipal government agency now for about five years and haven’t seen much that inspires confidence.
Milk doesn't stay in the jugs as long as some other products do, also it is refrigerated and there is less surface area thats regularly in contact with the plastic. The bigger problem with milk is the pasteurization destroying the bulk of its nutrients, and the estrogen hormones fed to dairy cows. This is partially why men are becoming more feminine and women are more fricking nuts bc they're getting 3x-4x the normal amount of estrogen. Cholesterol is a precursor to testosterone, eat eggs daily.
Mind you guys, there are two instances where the Rothschilds spoke to some parliament or some shit: 1. to support the state of israel, 2. to support the pastuerization of milk because their Rockefeller cousins were using VERY expensive pasteurization machines to monopolize the milk market and strike at America's good milk nutrition. You can get raw milk.
>The bigger problem with milk is the pasteurization destroying the bulk of its nutrients
Raw, normal, milk greatly trumps burnt milk, yes. The B6 and glutathione probably suffer the most.
>Cholesterol is a precursor to testosterone
Our bodies probably produce enough for optimal health minus rare instances but since dietary cholesterol can decrease endogenous production somewhat, it may mean consuming it results in our body having more energy and raw material to cover other needs.
>You can get raw milk.
It can be tough to get you hands on it and even illegal in some places, which is ridiculous. Maybe at best a warning on the label is acceptable.
Milk that comes in cartons has the same problem. The cartons are coated with plastic on the inside.
It's hard to quantify how significant this plastic exposure is. Luckily milk isn't very acidic and it's kept cold, that minimizes the amount of plastic seeping into the liquid.
Yoghurt is the big problem. A common way of production is that they pour the ingredients in the plastic containers you buy them in, and ferment it in there, which involves heating the whole thing for half a day.
Why is there plastic in the air? Could an air filter fix that?
>Why is there plastic in the air?
Because air can move plastic particles.
what if we engineered heavier plastic molecules and mass manufactured them?
40% of dust in households is plastic
Really? Thats a huge problem. I thought it was just dead skin. What can I do about that besides just going outside?
>40% of dust is plastic
Have you guys ever seen dust??? Yall are a bunch of morons here
Frick bros... I love mineral and sparkling water, they all come in plastic bottles.
>sparkling water
I just bought a soda machine with a glass bottle for that reason(aarke carbonator pro)
Thanks for posting.
I've been looking into setting up a couple CO2 tanks but havent heard of any bottles that you can pressurize without losing an eye or two.
How problematic is the plastic nozzle of this thing? The CO2 goes trough plastic components on the inside, and is blasted out of a tiny hole in this plastic nozzle under high pressure.
SodaStream carbonators have a metal nozzle, but they are made by an Israeli company, and I find it hard to believe that israelites aren't trying to poison you.
aarke dont use plastic it's all stainless steel
except for the bottles in some models*
>number of particles per gram/liter/m3
what
Gram or liter or m3.
1 gram of bottled water, 1 liter of bottled water, and 1 m^3 of bottled water are all very different quantities. assigning different products to different categories they can pretty much force whatever outcome they want from this "study"
I mean, it's obvious that g are used for seafood and similar stuff, liters for things like beer and m3 for air and the like.
You need it to make glutathione.
if i multiply 1.48 particles/g of seafood by 200g portion size that's already triple the particle count of bottle water (assumed 1 liter). very hard to interpret graph
True. You are also breathing air constantly.
>True. You are also breathing air constantly.
brb peating
You could probably increase your breathing efficiency by training cardio.
Can I have this in "my country actually put a man on the moon" units please. I don't speak foraging for food yuropoor
I've heard that they coat the inside of aluminum cans with plastic but have had a hard time confirming this myself. Is it true?
It's true. Liquids can't really be stored in aluminium. Dissolve a can in sodium hydroxide and you will see it
>beer
It's because of the cans, right?
So when I have to choose between only a can and a plastic bottle what should I choose?
Good question.
This How Its made episode says they spray a varnish inside of the cans but it doesn't say what that liner is made out of.
i think they still might be bpa
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>How can I reduce my exposure?
>>beer
>It's because of the cans, right?
Shouldn't soda cans be one of top vectors then too?
So we put tap water into glass bottles then?
Yes, or in bottles made of other harmless material such as titanium.
Okay buy what do the micro plastics actually DO? Nobody ever tells me. Does it cause Alzheimer's? Does it decrease bone density? Does it make you blind? Nobody ever actually says
> Experiments show that the exposure to microplastics induces a variety of toxic effects, including oxidative stress, metabolic disorder, immune response, neurotoxicity, as well as reproductive and developmental toxicity.
Allegedly
See this is what I mean,its all vague, nebulous blanket statements. There are no specifics. With anything else its very specific. Processed meat causes colon cancer, sweeteners cause insulin resistance, what the heck am I supposed to get from "oxidative stress" and "metabolic disorder"?
the problem is you cannot have a direct causal link without a study involving people who have no contact with plastics in their system. it’s in everyone at this point, worldwide. at best we can draw correlated observations.
so what? concentrations still fluctuate wildly between people. if we had big dick studies like for all the other pollutants we now know kill people, the patterns would emerge. we'll get to the bottom line eventually.
Endocrine disruptor. Basically every bodily function is plugged into the endocrine system, even the brain is influenced by it even though its supposed to be at the controls. Mental illness, cancers, infertility, low test, etc could all be a result of microplastics.
Frick.
>On my way to a natural spring with a bunch of glass jars to last me for a couple of weeks
Hopefully you live in a rural area cause "natural spring" in a big city is a natural source of heavy metals and poop particles..
>Air
It’s over bros
My guess would be that they measured indoor air which would have higher levels of plastic pollution.
You can always take steps to reduce your exposure and doing this will always be helpful, but it's not something you should obsess over. That pic is complete bullshit. The largest source of microplastic exposure by a HUGE margin is car tires which release microplastics as they degrade, which they are doing constantly. If you live in a city, near a road, if you commute in a car daily, etc etc then like 90% of your microplastic exposure is unavoidable.
By all means try to get it lower but it's never going to be zero.
>How big of a concern should my exposure to plastic be
it's a nothingburger, don't worry about it, just lift and eat
It's shown that bpas go into your water why would you drink plastic, is glass too expensive how absolutely impoverished could you possibly be.
I live in an area where the tap water is questionably toxic and I dont think those filters online would truly get it all out so I have to buy bottled water.
buy bottled water, put it through the filter then store it in the fridge in glass containers
>put it through this plastic filter(tm) it'll be safe
lmao. distillation is the only way
Live in a cave forever.
Plastic is pretty bad. Best way to lower exposure is growing and hunting your own food.
I think we're pretty much fricked
>How big of a concern should my exposure to plastic be? How can I reduce my exposure?
Plastic Water bottles have an expiration date.
Not because the water inside goes bad, it's the plastic container that goes bad.
I used to carry around the same plastic water bottle and refill it with tap water.
That was a bad idea, so I stopped.
I switched to carrying a metal thermos bottle for my water instead.
If you also do this, stop using the same water bottle, and switch to a metallic bottle instead.
Watch this if you want to learn more
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JwAUFfzc5mw
Interesting, good to know; thanks for sharing.
You're welcome, fren.
>20 years ago
>nooo you can't use plastics! they take 800 years to degrade in a landfill!
>today
>nooo you can't use plastics! they degrade so fast they leave microscopic particles in your body that kill you by being completely inert!
>your body is a landfill
You should just start using uranium bottles since it takes billions of years to decay
uranium glass was used because of its color
degrade and decompose are not synonyms guy
>How big of a concern should my exposure to plastic be?
less than daily micronutrients
if only we got rid of the ~~*people*~~ causing this problem....
Now you're speaking my language. Have you read, "The Protocols of the Elders of Shaanxi Province Factory District"?
israelite
None, really, you can't avoid plastic. It's everywhere. At this point its an inescapable part of human existence like molds and teflon. Just get yourself a stainless steel cup and never buy bottled watuh.
I really wonder how much is micro plastic in food and water the issue vs shit like your clothes and blankets. Anytime I see the lint after drying clothes it makes me wonder how much of that shit is in the air in my house and how much of hat shit do I inhale everyday.
does your washer pump water from a variable water source?
If so you 100% are pumping microplastics into your clothing and such.
People don't get it dude, this is dooms day scenario shit. Microplastics are small enough to float on the wind and go through nearly every filtering system at this point.
What type of water filter/distiller/reverse osmosis should I get?
Sorry Black person you live in a society.
Wait until you learn that all pipes are PVC.
what’s the best tap water filter to buy? i live off plastic water bottles i can’t keep doing this anymore
>poor btw
Do want want it hooked up to the tap or something for the fridge or countertop?
probably something for the counter top, tap works too though
reverse osmosis and distill water. Simple as.
Frick, so I can't drink mineral water because of microplastics and tap water because of flouride.
What should I do?
Get something that can separate the water from the micro plastics and fluoride.
get water from a water bank those 5gal jugs arent plastic
Thing is you can drink spring water from a plastic bottle or recycled sewage from the tap. And if you live with other people you'll need to go through a filter like every few weeks if you want to go RO or something, I am guessing.
friendly reminder that romans used lead pipes while we switched to pvc