CR (Consumer Reports) - How to eat less plastic (February 2024 edition)
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Thought of this community as soon as this issue hit my eyes for the first time last week.
Not "how to stop eating plastic"...just how to eat less....cuz we all have to eat some...
Maybe the FDA will add it to the food pyramid.
Declare it a vegetable like pizza.
I feel like having a vegetable pizza now 😭
Real or plastic veggies?
Solid base of plastic
For years I avoided seafood for the microplastics issue, then that study just dropped revealing that it's in chicken, beef, and plant-based meats too. Fuck ~~me~~ all of us, right?
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/48090/20240109/microplastics-found-nearly-90-meat-even-plant-based-ones-study.htm
best not look at the nano & microplastics in bottled water.
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/10/1223730333/bottled-water-plastic-microplastic-nanoplastic-study
That is the unfortunate reality.