Action item at the end:
“Avoid plastics as much as you can. Reducing your use of ultraprocessed foods can reduce the levels of the chemical exposures you come in contact with,” Trasande said. “Never put plastic containers in the microwave or dishwasher, where the heat can break down the linings so they might be absorbed more readily.”
Here are other tips to reduce exposure:
· Use unscented lotions and laundry detergents.
· Use cleaning supplies without scents.
· Use glass, stainless steel, ceramic or wood to hold and store foods.
· Buy fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables instead of canned and processed versions.
· Encourage frequent handwashing to remove chemicals from hands.
· Avoid air fresheners and all plastics labeled as No. 3, No. 6 and No. 7.
Please don’t post AMP links.
Here: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/29/health/phthalates-heart-disease-wellness/index.html
Funny enough, the amp version is slow for me. Main advantage google promotes, is faster loading speed.
AMP is a Google wrapper for otherwise separate websites. It changes the behavior and usually the contents of the page (injected ads etc.).
What kind of containers do people use? It seems every container I find, even the glass ones, will have silicone or some other plastic lid.
Silicone is not plastic.
The food is not stored in the lid and it’s trivial to remove the plastic lid before microwaving. I’m happy with that compromise, and am only unhappy with rabid capitalism meaning if I find one I like, it’s already been discontinued
I reuse glass jars. Smaller ones for spices, bigger ones for cooked/portioned foods to store in the fridge, and those massive pickle jars are really good for storing dry pulses and grains as the mouth is wide enough to use a cup to scoop out portions.
I don’t heat food in plastic anymore. I used to, though, and for a long time. I just didn’t know any better.
It’s nearly impossible to avoid food sold in plastic containers, I don’t try.
Same, I think we’re going to look back on plastic food packages like we do with leaded gasoline.
The scare with black plastics having flame retardants ending up in cooking utensils from improper recycling. You get a similar annual dosage from off gassing household electronics.
This article might finally motivate me to spend on replacing all our plastic containers.
Also, I hope you guys circulate cabin air in your vehicles when stopped idling at traffic lights. That one might disturb you to look up. Edit: that is to say, not sucking air in from outside.
The scare with black plastics having flame removedants
This censoring filter sucks.
Mine were also too old for what we knew of that possible contamination but that was a better reason for replacing them. Plastics are permanent enough that we keep them essentially forever. However they do break down. As they get older and more damaged, they are contaminating your food more. Mine were damaged and ancient, and silicone or steel is better as far as we currently know. It was time
That black plastic spatula stuff was debunked
This is left wing equivalent of anti vaccine nonsense
I wish there was an alternative to technical fabrics, since they are all synthetic and basically all like wearing plastic. There’s simply no avoiding them, and no, merino wool, cotton, bamboo, hemp, and any other natural fabric is absolutely not the same as technical fabric. 😮💨
There’s simply no avoiding them
I’ve been avoiding them for 5 years now. It would be more accurate to say “It’s not easy to avoid them”. I don’t shop at “normal” clothing stores at all anymore.
If you’re an athlete, there’s absolutely no way you’re avoiding synthetic fabric. Jerseys are all made from synthetic fabric, for example.
If you’re competing, yes obviously.
I run and cycle in cotton, linnen or wool, but I don’t compete anywhere.
True, I can’t really afford the alternatives either. Which lead to me being active in the local clothes-sharing community, and I got a sweet deal with the local tailor: I manage her website and she changes/fixes my clothes for free, and lets me look through the clothes that never got picked back up from her shop regularly.
I’d like to see more investigation /reading on laundry. My understanding is the biggest source of pollution is the manufacture, which can and should be more regulated.
However under your control, it’s the laundry that causes the most shedding. Is there a way to filter the laundry or something to minimize the impact of technical fabrics?
I hand wash my technical fabric, then air dry. If that matters, then I’ll keep doing that 😀
