The more they are researched the more issues they seem to cause. I remember when plastic teabags started being a thing wondering how they could ever be approved for sale... turns out this was correct:

One cup from a single tea bag could contain 11.6 billion microplastic and 3.1 billion nanoplastic particles, the researchers estimated from their results, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

This was from five years ago. Are they still legal? You betcha.
Nothing but loose tea for me.

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We try to avoid plastic for years.
I don't buy veggies in plastic bags for example.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

I think it is a forgone conclusion that plastic contamination is bound to happen in the food supply. You can only try to minimize the amount of micro contamination.

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Simple:

Avoid the supermarket like the unhealthy plague that they are!


Eat cleanly healthy!!
Martin

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I wish it was that easy Martin.

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The more they are researched the more issues they seem to cause. I remember when plastic teabags started being a thing wondering how they could ever be approved for sale... turns out this was correct:

One cup from a single tea bag could contain 11.6 billion microplastic and 3.1 billion nanoplastic particles, the researchers estimated from their results, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

This was from five years ago. Are they still legal? You betcha.
Nothing but loose tea for me.

I bought some tea diffusers so I could take my tea out of the bags and use the diffuser. Turns out that won't work. The tea in the bag is almost a powder which goes right through the holes in the diffuser before you even add water. :-( I have a lot of tea bags that probably won't get used. The plastic in the tea bag is apparently from the "glue" they use to seal the bag. Thus my idea to rip open the bag and use the diffuser.

I also went from coffee brewed in a plastic pot to using a "pour over" style of brewer with no plastic parts. I found this to be tedious and went back to the plastic pot.

I bought a reusable water bottle that is steel with a steel top (most have plastic tops, even if the rest is steel). I am using ceramic bowls and plates for anything that goes in the microwave. Apparently the combination of plastic and microwave is a huge problem re. leaching microplastics.

I've ordered a metal cutting board and silicone cooking utensils. No more paper plates, which have a thin plastic coating.

It's just amazing how much plastic there is in our lives.

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~Sue~

Simple:

Avoid the supermarket like the unhealthy plague that they are!


Eat cleanly healthy!!
Martin

What planet are you living on? And where do you get your stuff?

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~Sue~

I've ordered a metal cutting board and silicone cooking utensils.

Silicone is soft and susceptible to being cut. I have cut and cut off micro parts of silicone rubber utensils. I have found micro particles that I have had to remove from my food preparation. And be careful when cooking. High heat can melt and possibly leach chemicals.

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I've ordered a metal cutting board

heavy metal. you realize you will be eating metal from the board and from your knives.

I've ordered a metal cutting board

heavy metal. you realize you will be eating metal from the board and from your knives.

Well, iron is an essential dietary mineral...

It is generally accepted that a cutting board should be made of softer material that the blade being used to do the cutting, unless one wants to indulge in a lot of blade sharpening.
Personally I prefer my wooden cutting blocks over any stone, ceramic, plastic etc. (I've tried them all, and still come back to a chunk of wood).

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I'm very much on this planet...

Back at home base, I'm fortunate to have a traditional green grocers and an organic shop nearby. I also drive past a farm shop, although that is a somewhat variable for their source of produce and packaging...

Over in The Food Desert, things are more difficult but I think I've found all of the painfully few green grocers in a 50 miles radius of here!

My biggest concerns for plastic are:

The water supply;
Air pollution;
The milk, cheese, yoghurt, kefir drink, that I buy from the supermarket;
Eating out / restaurants...

I've long ago given up on take-aways/fast-food. I'd rather go hungry!!

And at home I use a wooden chopping board. Also stainless steel, enamel, or glass cookware. None of this (flaky) teflon, ptfe, ceramic coatings, coated stuff!

All a game of your awareness and what you can do.

Stay healthy folks!
Martin


ps: Milk, cheese, yoghurt, kefir drink, bottled beer/wine, bottled olive oil, and bleach, and toilet paper, are the only things I use the supermarket for!

Not bought any tinned food for years...

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Personally I prefer my wooden cutting blocks over any stone, ceramic, plastic etc. (I've tried them all, and still come back to a chunk of wood).

Wood is considered the best as it is anti-microbial (ie bacteria) unlike plastic, and won't dull a blade as ceramic/stone will. (Edit: or metal!)

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GLASS bottles that is!

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I've ordered a metal cutting board and silicone cooking utensils.

Silicone is soft and susceptible to being cut. I have cut and cut off micro parts of silicone rubber utensils. I have found micro particles that I have had to remove from my food preparation. And be careful when cooking. High heat can melt and possibly leach chemicals.

Thanks, Dad.

I have done my due diligence. I will never cook at the temperature required to affect silicone. And I can't foresee any conditions that would cause me to cut silicone utensils. I do very little "food preparation." In fact, I've had a couple silicone utensils and never cut them.

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~Sue~

I don't know why I ordered a metal cutting board and not a wooden one. I'll get a wooden one, eventually. Honestly, I seldom use my cutting board.

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~Sue~

Until recently, we used a silicone mold for baking cakes. According to the manufacturer, it is heat-resistant for the usual baking temperature. However, when you pick up this mold, you get a gut feeling that such a material, which feels soft, almost slightly oiled, should not be heated to such high temperatures in contact with food. So back to the old metal mold made of aluminum. It has a non-stick coating, but is BPA-free. We take care that it's not accidentally scratched. Probably not ideal either. But my gut feeling tells me that it is better than silicone in the oven. I have no scientific knowledge about silicone in contact with food.

The fact remains that what our ancestors used for decades is probably not dangerous to our health. New materials, silicone, Teflon, plastics, etc. should be scientifically examined very carefully for a decade or two. We also once considered asbestos to be a modern, useful and suitable material.

Detox your kitchen: three things you can do right now to avoid toxic chemicals


Cook well!

Enjoy!!
Martin

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Detox your kitchen: three things you can do right now to avoid toxic chemicals


Cook well!

Enjoy!!
Martin

I've already read a dozen or so articles just like this one.

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~Sue~

Tonight I bought silicone bowl covers (so I don't have to use cellophane), a steel pots & pans set with no "nonstick" coating, a bamboo cutting board (my old one was plastic), some bamboo cooking utensils, and some underwear (which has nothing to do with microplastics; I just need some new, smaller underwear). These things (most of them) are weapons in my battle against microplastics. I might have a bazillion microplastics in my body already, but I'm going to attempt to avoid adding many more. I realize the war is not winnable, but I'm hoping I can win enough battles to avoid whatever corporeal disasters they might cause. Most concerning is dementia.

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~Sue~