Single-Use Poison

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We're surrounded by plastics everywhere, all the time. And single-use plastics? They're not only creating a pollution crisis; they are contributing to the climate crisis as well. Microplastics in particular are a cocktail of toxicity, containing at least 10,000 different chemicals, many of which are linked to diseases including diabetes and cancer. And yet more plastic waste is being produced than ever before. On today's show journalist Matt Simon offers real, actionable solutions to combat the growing plastic crisis. Here's a preview: [4:00] What emerging research says into the effects of microplastics on human health [13:00] Thoughts on BPA, PFAS, and other "regrettable substitutions" [17:00] An update on the state of plastics regulation in the US [21:30] New moms, listen up! The #1 way to reduce your baby's exposure to micro- and nanoplastics [24:00] Research-backed ways to combat the microplastics problem in your home Resources Mentioned: More Single-Use Plastic Waste Being Produced Than Ever Before, Study Finds (via Forbes) A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies The United Nations Plastics Treaty Episode #390: The Pet Episode 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! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode
0:05.4	392 of Sustainable Minimalists, a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.
0:12.2	On today's show we are revisiting and eco-friendly minimalist living.
0:13.2	On today's show we are revisiting microplastics and we are revisiting this topic because
0:19.7	new research is coming out in real time about the effects of microplastics on human health.
0:27.0	Now we just finished plastic-free July, but at the same time, more plastic waste is being produced in 2023 at this moment in time
0:39.0	than ever before.
0:41.2	Here today to help explain exactly what research is finding about the effects of
0:46.5	microplastics on human health and exactly what you and me can be doing to combat the plastic pollution crisis is science
0:57.1	journalist Matt Simon he writes over at wired.com he has also written a new book all on microplastics titled A Poison Like No Other.
1:07.7	Oh my goodness Matt, I need to buckle up for today's conversation.
1:12.5	How are you?
1:13.8	I'm okay.
1:14.4	I wish we could be meeting on better terms
1:16.2	than talking about microplastic,
1:17.6	but regardless, it's great to be here.
1:20.5	I wish we were talking about something a little lighter a little bit more fun as well but you are the author of a new book all into microplastics
1:29.2	Tell us who you are and how you found yourself writing a book about microplastics? I'm not
1:35.6	particularly bright. It was during the pandemic and I was sitting around with a
1:40.5	good amount of free time. I had been reporting on mycoplastics for a number of years,
1:46.1	so looking at studies into where mycoplastics are in the environment mostly as they have
1:52.3	been trickling out really over the past
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