Microplastics are finding their way into fruit and vegetables as they grow
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#2it seems almost impossible not to consume some kind of carcinogen, no matter how careful you are.
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#3Isn't it great how corporations can flood our food and water with poison and then brag to us about how they're doing it?
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#4Something I don’t understand:
Patagonia's stated mission is to save the earth and microplastics entering the oceans is a major environmental concern. However, it is also true that many of Patagonia's clothes are made from synthetic materials such as plastic. The use of synthetic materials in clothing (and each washing) greatly contribute to the problem of microplastics in the oceans.
I’m I missing something? Is the above wrong? Or is Patagonia lying about their mission driven approach?
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#5it seems almost impossible not to consume some kind of carcinogen, no matter how careful you are.
We all have to die of something.
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#7Im getting really worried about the impact this will have on our kidneys. I had a tap water filtering on very dusty tap water and the filter was supposed to last 1 year it lasted 3 weeks.
I believe it might be a good analogy to how those microplastics are destroying our kidneys
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#8This problem was known long ago. In typical fashion like their climate change reporting, BBC reports on this decades too late.
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#9it seems almost impossible not to consume some kind of carcinogen, no matter how careful you are.
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#10Something I don’t understand: Patagonia's stated mission is to save the earth and microplastics entering the oceans is a major environmental concern. However, it is also true that many of Patagonia's clothes are made from synthetic materials such as plastic. The use of synthetic materials in clothing (and each washing) greatly contribute to the problem of microplastics in the oceans. I’m I missing something? Is the a…
They have a page on it here: https://www.patagonia.com/stories/an-update-on-microfiber-po...
The short of it is that all product manufacturing has an impact on the environment, and they are investing in minimizing their impact over time.
Something they note is that the biggest way to reduce impact is to create longer lasting and high quality products, because the less frequently you need to buy something the less pollution you create.