That’s my understanding as well. Endocrine disruption and the likely negative effects (carcinogenic, etc.) of microplastics in bodily fluids (blood, etc.) and tissues (endocrine glands, etc.) are serious concerns, for sure.
I’d love to hear or read your thoughts on what it takes to experience these effects. Also, what it takes to minimize exposure and “detoxify” the circulating and stored (by)products of synthetic substances (such as plastics in their many forms).
There is a lot of noise out there from both extremes: plastic companies claiming or funding research concluding that microwaving your hot tomato soup in a plastic bowl has no significant negative effects (extreme example, I know), while “health gurus” claim that touching, wearing, and/or consuming things that have touched or been stored in plastic will leach and accumulate toxic chemicals into your body and wreck your physiology over time.
We’re not getting away from the ubiquity of plastics (and other synthetic materials), but how can we reasonably avoid and/or reduce the negative effects? Heat, UV, acidity, and time are understandably contributory factors to absorption and accumulation that can often be intentionally avoided or reduced. Correcting nutrient deficiencies as well as regularly sweating and healthy excretion (urine and feces) have been posited as contributions to the bodies accumulative load. It seems to be similar, in some ways, to how we can approach heavy metals. What are your thoughts and personal / professional strategies? Testing, experimenting, developing habits? Looking forward to your response.
Hey Chris,
I recognize this question is hinting at an extensive and multi-faceted topic, so I’ll make it general for you to take in whatever way you choose:
Can you expand upon your statement of, “And however clean the spring water is, it's stored in plastic, which has its own set of health concerns?”
Plastic leaches endocrine disrupters and people are full of microplastics as recently found with the implications unknown.
That’s my understanding as well. Endocrine disruption and the likely negative effects (carcinogenic, etc.) of microplastics in bodily fluids (blood, etc.) and tissues (endocrine glands, etc.) are serious concerns, for sure.
I’d love to hear or read your thoughts on what it takes to experience these effects. Also, what it takes to minimize exposure and “detoxify” the circulating and stored (by)products of synthetic substances (such as plastics in their many forms).
There is a lot of noise out there from both extremes: plastic companies claiming or funding research concluding that microwaving your hot tomato soup in a plastic bowl has no significant negative effects (extreme example, I know), while “health gurus” claim that touching, wearing, and/or consuming things that have touched or been stored in plastic will leach and accumulate toxic chemicals into your body and wreck your physiology over time.
We’re not getting away from the ubiquity of plastics (and other synthetic materials), but how can we reasonably avoid and/or reduce the negative effects? Heat, UV, acidity, and time are understandably contributory factors to absorption and accumulation that can often be intentionally avoided or reduced. Correcting nutrient deficiencies as well as regularly sweating and healthy excretion (urine and feces) have been posited as contributions to the bodies accumulative load. It seems to be similar, in some ways, to how we can approach heavy metals. What are your thoughts and personal / professional strategies? Testing, experimenting, developing habits? Looking forward to your response.