June 5, 2024 5:31 AM
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How to avoid eating microplastics
Advice on reducing microplastic ingestion, promoting water bottle reuse, non-plastic food storage, and more.
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June 5, 2024 5:31 AM
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How to avoid eating microplastics
Advice on reducing microplastic ingestion, promoting water bottle reuse, non-plastic food storage, and more.
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Here’s how to avoid eating them. </a></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="left" class="st-dynamic-4174-4" style="padding-bottom:5px; width:100%"><a href="#" target="_blank" style="display:block"><img border="0" valign="top" width="560" src="https://mwcm.nyt.com/email/Wirecutter/060524_WCDaily_Microplastics/howtoeastlessmicroplastic-2048px-iStock-1414914790-2x1-1.jpeg" alt="Close-up of small pieces of plastic of various colors on a person's fingers." class="st-mobile-width-constraint" style="border:0px; display:block; width:560px; max-width:100%"> </a></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="left" style="text-align:left; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#808080; font-size:11px; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:11px; padding-bottom:20px; width:100%"><p style="margin:0px; text-align:right">Photo: iStock/Khanchit Khirisutchalual</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="center" class="st-dynamic-4174-19"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="600" class="st-wrapper st-wrapper-background st-module-wrapper-table" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100%; padding-right:20px; padding-bottom:40px; padding-left:20px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="left"><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="560" class="st-mso-full-width st-mobile-full-width" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="560"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="left" class="ul-pt-20" style="text-align:left; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000000; font-size:16px; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:24px; width:100%"><p style="margin:0px">Unfortunately, microplastics and nanoplastics are so pervasive that they’re nearly impossible to avoid entirely. These teeny tiny pieces of plastic have been found in everything from drinking water to broccoli, and recent studies have linked these pollutants with a host of health issues.</p><p style="margin:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px">To find out how to reduce the amount of tiny plastics (and their chemicals) that you might ingest, we spoke with three doctors and a research scientist. Their advice? Start by focusing on exposures from water, food, and air. We’ll walk you through some of the gear you need to do that below.</p><p style="margin:0px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><strong><a href="#" style="color:#000000"><span style="color:#3358d5"><u>How to limit your exposure to microplastics→</u></span></a></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0px; width:100%"><p height="40" width="100%" style="width:100%; height:40px; max-height:40px; margin:0px; font-size:40px; line-height:40px"> </p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#E2DFDA" class="fz-12-lh-16" style="text-align:left; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000000; font-size:14px; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:17px; padding:25px 20px; width:100%"><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:14px; line-height:17px"><span style="color:#000000">We independently review everything we recommend. 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