Microplastics aren't a big deal

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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We've all spent the last couple years being worried about microplastics- but maybe we shouldn't be. More experts have reviewed the original study that freaked us all out, and they say it's full of errors. Today's story: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/13/microplastics-human-body-doubt Support the show and get bonus episodes, videos, Discord community access and more! http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns Jeff on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jeffcannata.bsky.social Anthony on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/acarboni.bsky.social

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0:00.0	Listen to me very carefully.
0:17.0	Don't have hobbies.
0:18.3	This is we have concerns.
0:20.7	Hi, Jeff Kanata. Hi, Anthony Carboney.
0:23.6	Hello, concerned citizens. Jeff, it's the microplastics. They're in our blood. Yeah.
0:29.9	They're in our brain. They're speaking to me right now. Let me talk. Can I talk to the
0:34.5	microplastics for a second? Yeah, yeah, yeah. The microplastics in me are ready to recognize the microplastics in you.
0:40.5	Go ahead.
0:40.9	Okay.
0:41.2	Let's talk microplastic to microplastic for a second.
0:44.2	Like, seriously.
0:45.8	How much is in there?
0:47.7	How much?
0:48.2	Are we talking?
0:49.5	I know we've said a credit card's worth, but that just feels on the low end.
0:55.2	Yeah, but it also, some, some things said like a credit, it's a credit card worth a month
1:01.7	or a credit that we're eating, right?
1:04.6	Like, it's the, it's the eight spiders.
1:07.3	Yeah.
1:07.7	You know, it's the eight spiders a year now.
1:09.7	It's like we're eating one microplata.
1:11.4	And I got to tell you, Jeff, I, and I think a lot of people have really responded to this
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