Microplastics are now so ubiquitous - that it's more about where we DON'T find them, instead of where we actually do...
Just in the past year - we've found microplastics in:
- Our hearts, and they're linked to an increase in heart attack, stroke & death.
- Our brains, where they're linked to accelerated neurogeneration.
- Microplastic rain clouds all over the world.
And strangely, one of the worst impacts of microplastics is the least headline grabbing:
- How microplastics disrupt our gut microbiome and make cancerous tumors more likely to grow in our bodies....
Multiple studies in the past few years have linked microplastics with cancer:
- Microplastics may be directly causing colorectal cancer
- Microplastics promote breast cancer tumor growth
- Microplastics promote the proliferation of skin cancer cells.
And considering how many far reaching diseases and disorders are associated with microplastics - it seems almost as though they're actually worse than Lead for our generation....
So what can we do?
Well here are 10 ways to reduce your exposure to microplastics !
1. Open a window - dust is possibly our #1 source
- And since we spend almost 90% of our lives indoors now, we end up breathing in a lot of microplastics. They leach off of all the plastic that we're surrounded with - off of the wall paint, the synthetic carpeting, waterproof floor sealant, polyester blinds - and we end up breathing all this in! Just open a window or get an air filter. Especially in your bedroom!
2. Try and eat foods that are as fresh & unprocessed as possible
3. Buy in glass when you can-
4. Replace your plastic shower curtain liner! If you can, get a cloth liner instead
5. When you eat something processed- just try and take it out of the package when you can
6. Stop buying plastic clothes -
7. Don't drink bottled water. Get a water filter for your house it's under $100
8. Lots of great beauty & body products are not in plastic - bar soap, bar shampoo, stick lotion,
9. Get cleaning & body care products in concentrates instead of a disposable plastic bottle
10. If you do have body care in plastic - try it keep it out of the sunlight and away from a heat source (like next to your shower!).