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> Additionally, acid in foods may break down the phthalate diesters we measured into monoesters, which our testing didn't detect. This means actual phthalate levels could be higher than reported. Just curious, is it possible for the acid to break them down completely? Like, poof, no more harmful plastic monoester, it's now just plastic-adjacent goop?
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So can smoking
No it can't. Type 2 diabetes is mostly genetic. I can eat as much Boba as I want and not get diabetes.
Many genetic predispositions are behavioral, it's not all pure metabolic effects.
But also consider how you are wearing clothing made with plastic and the fact that it’s not hard to find 100% cotton shirts. Start figuring out how to have less plastic in your life. It’s not hard if you can be content to do it gradually.
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Have "unsafe levels" been established, or are we just assuming that any is bad? Edit: I see they appear to be using the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) intake limits for most of their tests.
Initial data says they're at least bad for sea life. Doubtful it's good to have such durable micro materials bouncing around our lungs and digestive tracts. Stopping pollution is also much easier than cleaning up after the fact. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10151227/
Having odd things in your lungs is bad. Having things bouncing around in your digestive tract means nothing. The whole point of the digestive tract is that you put untrusted materials into it.
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Ice cream strikes me as a lot healthier than boiled play-doh.
Ben & Jerry’s Cookie Dough has ~25g sugar per 100g. Boba has ~14g per 100g, depending on the type. Coca Cola has ~11g sugar per 100g. In other words, ice cream has 1.8x more sugar content than boba and 2.3x more sugar content of Coca Cola. If you’re concerned about the tapioca, that’s literally just starch. You know what else contains starch? Potatoes and rice.
Most Boba Tea cups I’ve seen are far bigger than the typical ice cream.
You can’t use per-100gm doses this way. You have to look at sugar in the product as ordered.
People don’t order and eat their food in neat 100gm increments.
Paint is a huge source of microplastics that many are unaware of [1]. But also consider how you are wearing clothing made with plastic and the fact that it’s not hard to find 100% cotton shirts. Start figuring out how to have less plastic in your life. It’s not hard if you can be content to do it gradually. [1] https://www.e-a.earth/plastic-paints-the-environment/
No one that goes through the trouble of cooking their own baby food feeds their babies as much as when they feed jar food, that foes right through them.
Are there prospective studies on effects? Afaik it's just in vitro, and I wonder if our bodies have a natural mitigation mechanism that would allow up to a certain amount without harm. I'm just afraid of what I see as a trend to attribute small factors to big things that are caused by societal problems, etc.