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by GeekyBear 212 days ago
Another source of microplastics in the human body is from food that was microwaved in a plastic container.
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Why stop there? It’s in meat, water, mother’s milk, and newborns are even born with microplastics already in them.
Why not start with the large sources that you can personally control?

> One 2023 study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology found that microwaving plastic food containers releases more than 2 billion nanoplastics (smaller microplastics) and 4 million microplastics for every square centimeter of the container.

https://www.prevention.com/health/a65025549/can-you-microwav...