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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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Convenient non-plastic solutions need to be developed. After learning about micro plastics and forever chemicals, I started to get paranoid of this stuff. Started cooking at home more and started removing plastic from my daily life. After my wife got pregnant, I keep telling her to avoid plastic, but she doesn't seem to take it seriously. She purchased plastic food containers, I tell her don't microwave food in it, b…

>replacements for stuff like plastic wraps Beeswax food wraps work surprising well

To my understanding, they can't be microwaved so it defeats the main purpose my wife uses plastic wrap for (wrapping rice balls / covering food and heating them up)

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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post #200

Convenient non-plastic solutions need to be developed. After learning about micro plastics and forever chemicals, I started to get paranoid of this stuff. Started cooking at home more and started removing plastic from my daily life. After my wife got pregnant, I keep telling her to avoid plastic, but she doesn't seem to take it seriously. She purchased plastic food containers, I tell her don't microwave food in it, b…

> Convenient non-plastic solutions need to be developed. PFAS coated paper?

Obviously not. I guess non-toxic (plastic, PFAs, etc.) would've been a better description.

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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Convenient non-plastic solutions need to be developed. After learning about micro plastics and forever chemicals, I started to get paranoid of this stuff. Started cooking at home more and started removing plastic from my daily life. After my wife got pregnant, I keep telling her to avoid plastic, but she doesn't seem to take it seriously. She purchased plastic food containers, I tell her don't microwave food in it, b…

Make it easier for her by taking on the chores of washing them and preparing them. If you're insisting she do something differently, ask her if there is anything you could do to make it easier for her to do it -- since this is clearly a more important change for you than for her (at this time).

I did offer to do that but the main problem is she doesn't want to carry the items and it can be heavy for her with all the tools she carries (she's a piano technician). Really only solution would be finding lightweight alternatives, but haven't had luck with that.

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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... IN MICE !

They do these kinds of studies on mice because mice have a high homology with humans, and a huge number of the findings extrapolate to humans.

Any idea what percentage of mice studies do extrapolate to humans?

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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That's interesting. I have around 10-15 of those IKEA 365 glass containers with plastic lids and have never had them chip. I stick them in the dishwasher all the time.

I have had Lock&Lock ones, of almost exactly the same design, for about 10 years and they're only recently starting become significantly chipped, but I had an IKEA one get a small chip within months. Maybe it's how I stack then without lids (physically don't have cupboard space to store with lids on).

mine quickly chipped as well... also stack without lids FWIW.

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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So do seed oils and other PUFAs and a thousand other things and if anyone would just listen to a podcast once in a while (like Peter Attia's) they'd learn a thing or two.

The people who think seed oils are unhealthy and cause inflammation are up there with the most ignorant folks in nutrition.

So, trans fats which are a known contributor to heart disease are healthy now?

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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We threw away all our glass containers because they constantly chip. I'm more afraid of ingesting piece of sharp glass than nanoplastics. I don't know why that keeps happenning, I guess dishwasher's high heat damages the glass or they keep bumping into each other.

Get the expensive pyrex glass.

Pyrex is the one that chips.

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Yes those N95 and other disposable masks people have been wearing for years are made of plastic. This is a great way to ingest nanoplastics.

Your clothes, your phone, your keyboard, &c. The vast majority of what you interact with is made of plastic, at least the mask is useful

This is highly reductive. Clothes are useful in ensuring I adhere to societal standards (and laws.) Keyboards help me earn my living (without which I wouldn't be able to eat.)

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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>replacements for stuff like plastic wraps Beeswax food wraps work surprising well

To my understanding, they can't be microwaved so it defeats the main purpose my wife uses plastic wrap for (wrapping rice balls / covering food and heating them up)

Ooh boy that's extremely bad to do, quite a bit worse than heating food in a tupperware.

Re: Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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Get the expensive pyrex glass.

Pyrex is the one that chips.

weird. I never had a problem with pyrex. Must be something to do with the environment the glass in your specific case is exposed to.
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