How Bad Are Microplastics For Our Health? + Easy Ways To Protect Yourself TODAY

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this informative episode of the Liz Moody podcast, Dr. Tracey Woodruff, a renowned researcher and professor at UCSF, joins to discuss the issues of microplastics. Dr. Woodruff explains what microplastics are and how they infiltrate our daily lives through food, water, air, and consumer products. The conversation delves into the potential health impacts of microplastics, including reproductive issues, respiratory problems, cancer risks, and metabolic disorders. Dr. Woodruff discusses recent studies on microplastics in the human body and the regulatory challenges surrounding plastic use. She ends by sharing hopeful and practical steps we can all take to reduce exposure to microplastics as well as provides insight into legal and environmental actions needed to mitigate this growing concern. 00:17 Introducing Dr. Tracey Woodruff 00:53 Understanding Microplastics 05:22 Health Impacts of Microplastics 13:10 Microplastics in Our Environment 22:35 Microplastics in Food and Clothing 25:02 Choosing Safer Food Options 25:42 Understanding Plastic Contamination 26:33 Microplastics in Water 29:12 Heating Plastics: The Hidden Dangers 31:19 Everyday Items and Microplastic Concerns 35:30 Reducing Microplastic Exposure 38:34 Government Actions and Media Coverage 42:36 Final Thoughts and Recommendations Visit Tracey’s Toxic Matters | Program on Reproductive Health website with tips on what you can do to prevent exposure for yourself, your family, and your community. You can also check out This Microplastics Study Tracey worked on. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody, or subscribe to her newsletter by visiting www.lizmoody.com. This episode is sponsored by: AG1: visit drinkag1.com/lizmoody and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. ZocDoc: go to ZocDoc.com/LizMoody and download the Zocdoc app for FREE and book a top-rated doctor today. Puori: head to puori.com/LIZMOODY and use promo code LIZMOODY for 20% sitewide. Shopify: sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/lizm. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 266. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome to the Liz Moody podcast where every week we're sharing real science, real stories and realistic tools that actually level up every part of your life.
0:10.5	I'm your host Liz Moody and I'm a best-selling author and longtime journalist. Let's dive in.
0:17.2	I am so excited to welcome Dr. Tracey Woodruff to the podcast today.
0:21.1	Dr. Woodruff is one of the world's leading researchers in the field of
0:25.1	microplastics. She has published well over 100 articles and research studies. She has received
0:31.1	nearly 30 different awards and honors for her work.
0:35.0	And she's a professor at UCSF and the director of the UCFS program on reproductive health and the environment.
0:42.0	Dr. Tracy Woodruff, welcome to the podcast.
0:44.0	Well, thank you for having me.
0:45.0	I'm so excited to have you here.
0:47.0	I'm a little bit nervous about your answers for everything we're going to get into,
0:50.0	but hopefully you can make us feel a lot better about a scary subject.
0:53.4	Just start off by can you define what microplastics are?
0:58.0	Yes, they're pretty much in their name.
1:00.1	They're little tiny pieces of plastic. They can be primary, like they can be
1:04.5	manufactured. In California we used to have microbeeds, for example, in
1:07.8	cosmetics, or probably the bulk of them are really degraded plastics. So things like your plastic bottles
1:15.4	break down and then they turn into little plastics because the plastics don't
1:19.6	actually go away, they actually just get smaller and smaller and smaller. A lot of microplastics come from
1:24.6	clothes. That's like one of the biggest sources of microplastics. And another one is also cars,
1:30.8	tires, you know, they rub on the road and then they generate
1:33.4	microplastics but a lot of it comes from single-use plastics or industrial
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