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How avoid microplasics? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by aviation_hydrated@infosec.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am busy and don't have time to research all of the ways corporations have poisoned us.

What are some good rules on how to avoid microplastics?

Eat local foods? Avoid processed foods? Walk/bike? Use dry soaps? Don't use any take away containers? Avoid walking near busy roads? Use cotton/wool for all clothing?

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why don’t you tell me how you think you’re gonna clean literally microscopic plastic fragments out of said dirt?

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think I'll call around to find some that have dirt with little plastic. I said optional for a reason

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Let me put it another way:

Microplastics are so small that they are found in rainwater - as in, they’re found in water collected from precipitation in a pristine vessel. They’re literally everywhere, in every part of our ecosystem and food chain at this point. There is unfortunately no escaping them.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

welp, sucks to be you I guess. It's monitored and minimal out here :p

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Lmao dude if it’s in the rainwater, it’s everywhere. It’s pervaded our ecosystem now. They found it in fresh snow in fucking Antarctica. I genuinely do not understand how you can be so glib about the fact that microplastics have infiltrated very literally everywhere on the planet, without exception.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago

I understand that it's measured here, and those measurements are not as bad as you seem to want them to be. Not everywhere on the planet is equally polluted