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How much of a shit do you give about micro plastic?
633 sats \ 21 comments \ @stack_harder 6h AskSN
As someone who has drunk tea for at least 30 years from micro-plastic teabags, i dont know how much strength i really have to care too much about it.
like, at this point, i just try to drink from glass or metal and not microwave food in plastic, basic stuff.
but since we now know that microplastics is basically in everything, i'm not about to get nurotic over it
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Aardvark 5h
It's in the clothes you wear, the water you drink, and the air you breathe.
You can care all you want about it, but you can't do shit about it regardless. My advice is to just let it go.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @konstantin21 3h
not in my clothes or water. haven't dealt with the air part but 0 regrets dealing with the first two.
definitely agree they are everywhere. once you" see it" though its tough to opt for the microplastics when an alternative is available.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 17m
Difficult to completely avoid but possible to try and minimise if you have the sufficient budget. Wear wool, cotton and other natural fibres. Grow your own food where possible. I suspect MPs are responsible for many adverse health outcomes. Bowel and some other cancer rates are skyrocketing and the cause is not yet established.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 3h
i am making peace with plastics, is our gens asbestos
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 2h
Not something I care about, beyond the kinds of precautions you mentioned.
My understanding is that the reason microplastics are everywhere is because they’re so inert. If they were dangerously reactive, they would have reacted with stuff before getting into our food and water.
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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 2h
I don't care about it at all because I don't have to. We here still use earthen pots for many things like storing water, milk, curd, Yogurt, for cooking, and a special one "kullad Tea".
Drinking water
We almost everywhere have a market for earthen pots
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 1h
I can't tell where "here" is but I'm digging the earthen ware.
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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 5h
Zero.
As long as I'm not actually nuking my food in flimsy plastic containers, I'm fine.
I honestly think it may be an engineered distraction to the nightmare that is the current food system - processed trash carbohydrates, seed oils, and sugars. The majority of the population (in the US) overweight and obese.
"Focus on the microplastics", they say. No, I say "focus on whole foods". And, of course, I eat carnivore, which I'm convinced is by far the best for me.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 3h
fiat food was a good trip down the rabbit hole in that regard
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 5h
Using loose leaf tea, if you can find it, isn't that difficult.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 3h
it's an english tea thing, i do have loose tea and green tea, but nothing hits the spot like a plastic teabag and milk.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 1h
I thought they started out with the British East India company?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 4h
Tealyra is a good spot
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 3h
I often get myself real bed linens if I'm somewhere for a longer time instead of the microfiber crap, and I try to not drink from plastic bottles, meaning I have an excuse to prefer good wine over soda.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s3 3h
Wow!! I spent 5 whole years heating my lunch in the microwave in the cafeteria where I was a slave (worker)... If this is something bad, I'm dead.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 4h
Serenity Prayer
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoingecko 5h
On one hand I care, on the other hand I'm lazy. Usually lazy wins 😅
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Artilektt 5h
Yeah I mean there's only so much you can do I think. I've tried to switch everything out from plastic to glass/metal/wood that I can but I still think it's fairly unavoidable.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 5h
I give two shits, but not three
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 6h
like, at this point, i just try to drink from glass or metal and not microwave food in plastic, basic stuff.
I think this is the most reasonable course.
Always remember that the incessant push for safety and trying to excessively micromanage your health are nihilistic acts that result from loss of god in a society
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 6h
Living in a town where there are no factories, I've never thought of it.
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