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Here is how I avoid microplastics…

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Kevin Bae2 years ago

This is a little over the top. If there are so many microplastics in the air that we have to wash dishes prior to every use wouldn't that mean we should all wear N95 masks 24/7? If it's landing on the dishes we surely are inhaling them.

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Tassos ©️2 years ago

I am sorry but this is paranoia to another lever. Yes, to filtering your water, but the rest is what will leave you with paranoia and OCD

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Paul Saladino, MD2 years ago

Even though it may seem extreme, I believe it’s worth our best effort when trying to limit our exposure to microplastics. Microplastics have been shown to be very harmful to humans and were recently found in carotid arteries of humans with atherosclerosis and even human testicles…

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mordin solus, m.d.2 years ago

Any chance the tubes that carry the water inside the filter are made of plastic?

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Paul Saladino, MD2 years ago

Yes, but the water gets contaminated with microplastics after sitting in a plastic bottle for a very long time. Drinking from a RO filter will never be as bad as drinking from plastic bottles.

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Neophyte 🦅 🇺🇸2 years ago

FYI:

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Dylan Singh2 years ago

Just put yourself in a sauna and melt all the plastics in your body. Then use those plastics and make a waterbottle. Reusable :)

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Chilo Alaniz2 years ago

Do you use or recommend a home air filter? Curious cause you mentioned microplastic dust I imagine we inhale that

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Trent McKendrick2 years ago

So, I have a question.. if a plastic bottle takes 1000’s of years in ocean water to even start to breakdown. How is spring water, Fiji for example, going to make the bottles susceptible to micro plastics? Is your assumption from leakage into the bottles from caps snapping off from the seal, or factory defects and micro pieces floating in the water?

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Paul Saladino, MD2 years ago

@MaxiTurned It’s very difficult to completely avoid microplastics today but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try… our biggest exposure comes from these three things and I believe it’s worth the effort

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