How To Stop Eating Microplastics

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden, Kids & Family

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to environmental concerns, there's certainly plenty to worry about at the moment. Whether you and your family is eating microplastics on the regular may not be your list of top concerns. But it’s an important topic to cover. While the health effects of microplastics on humans are not fully understood, common sense measures that reduce our exposures to both the plastic itself and also the endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are on and in such particles are certainly prudent. On today's show: How to eat, drink, and inhale fewer microplastics as you go about your days. Here's a preview: [6:00] Synthesizing the latest research into the effects of microplastics on human health [11:00] Stop eating microplastics! 3 practical action steps in the kitchen [27:00] Inhalation and absorption matters: Why vacuuming and dusting helps [35:00] 3 (super easy) ways to reduce your plastics exposure when you're out and about Resources mentioned: Episode #393: Single-Use Poison Episode #466: Toxic Fashion E-Cloth Numi Tea This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! [email protected].

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1:00.7	Well, hello there, my friends, and welcome back.
1:05.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode 483 of sustainable minimalists.
1:12.0	This is a listener supported show about intentional. of Sustainable Minimalists.
1:12.6	This is a listener supported show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.
1:17.8	Oh my goodness, on today's show we are discussing how to not eat microplastics.
1:23.6	I know, when it comes to environmental worries,
1:26.7	we have a lot on our plates.
1:28.4	We have a lot of worries, don't we?
1:31.0	We've got the fact that we're blowing past that 2.5 degrees Celsius warming.
1:36.0	We've got melting glaciers, rising sea levels, looming mass displacement of human beings,
1:42.0	species extinction on the masskell, oh my goodness,
1:45.2	I'm really setting this episode out on a negative foot,
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