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Glass had 5 – 50× higher plastic than plastic or cans
The French tested water, soda, beer, iced tea, lemonade, and wine sold nationwide and found that glass-bottled beverages carried far more plastic shrapnel than plastic bottles or cans.
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Kicked off my plastics project yesterday and hoping to have something to share next month.
Please upvote the things you think we should test: https://t.co/o7O0U7OYRd
The main goals are to: (a) test a bunch of California food for various plastic chemicals and report the results, and (b) do a... See more
Nat Friedmanx.comBottled Water Contains Previously Undetected Nanoplastics
https://t.co/lrI0CtBodC
This has preoccupied me enough over the past few months for me to stop drinking from plastic bottles all together. Carafe, filtered tap water and glass at all times now.
Chamath Palihapitiyax.comThe ULTIMATE Guide to Limiting Microplastic Exposure | Dr. Rhonda Patrick
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There are microplastics everywhere – including inside of you right now.
The tiny particles of plastic have been found in the placentas of unborn babies, the depths of the Mariana Trench, the summit of Everest and the organs of Antarctic penguins.
But how do they travel through the world, and... See more
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Advice for Food Companies
Since we launched PlasticList, we’ve been heartened to have quite a few food companies reach out and ask for help interpreting their results and tracking down and eliminating their contamination. I’ve had calls with a bunch of these.
I am happy to report that no... See more
Zhou et al. (2020) found that microfibre concentration in an industrial textile facility in China could reach 54,100 microfibres L−1, and even with a removal of 85% in wastewater treatment, release in effluent could still reach 430 billion microfibres per day, with most fibres measuring between 100 and 300 μm.