Microplastics found in brains

[Animl-AW]

Yrs ago they found people who drink out of plastic water bottles daily consume a credit card worth of plastic. Don’t ask me google it.

I use glass instead of plastic, filter every drop of water in carbon filters,. Stay away from plastic carry-outs, I cook anyway.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11100893/

[icepac]

Remember when you were a kid and could feel the knife scraping plastic as you made a peanut butter toast/sandwich?

[xanax]

Remember when you were a kid and could feel the knife scraping plastic as you made a peanut butter toast/sandwich?

I'm reasonably old at 56 but as a kid, Skippy and Jiff was in glass jars. I remember seeing it plastic around 1990 or so as it was one of the first things I bought after getting my first place after college. Still kept my giant cable spool table though! It tied the whole room together.

[Animl-AW]

Remember when you were a kid and could feel the knife scraping plastic as you made a peanut butter toast/sandwich?

Never thought about it then. Most things came in glass, cans and paper.  A few things going plastic I don’t see as a concern. Today everything is plastic and a lot more exposure. Bottled water was not a thing.

When bread of a sandwich kept in a plastic container took on the taste of plastic, it makes one think what chemical is leaving the plastic as it dry rots. Plastic dry rots as it emits its chemicals.

I think point being, we’re over using and too much exposure to plastics and the chemicals and particles they emit. Mostly consumption from plastics.

This stuff is found in hearts and livers too. This stuff builds up in heart arteries or valves you could have issues.

Exposure to some is one thing, constant exposure isn’t good.

Btw, my wife was RN last live-in GF was RN (both RIP)And hundreds of med conferences… After endless stories ya learn stuff and pay attention to medical.

[icepac]

You should smell a brand new car that sat in the sun not being driven yet by anybody for a few days.     

Doing pre-delivery inspections at lexus, i would get a few repair orders and keys so i could open all the windows and put on the a/c to purge the outgassy air in the ducts.   

I’ve always been good about not breathing what’s bad for me and I hope it has helped.

[Bizman]

As a teenager I was told that an average man eats several pounds of lipstic in his lifetime. Might have been an urban legend, then again it depends on whom you kiss!

[Animl-AW]

You should smell a brand new car that sat in the sun not being driven yet by anybody for a few days.     

Doing pre-delivery inspections at lexus, i would get a few repair orders and keys so i could open all the windows and put on the a/c to purge the outgassy air in the ducts.   

I’ve always been good about not breathing what’s bad for me and I hope it has helped.

I was going to to mention plastics in cars in the sun. That stuff is just spewing.

[DmonSlyr]

I drink Aquafina water bottles on the daily. Its reverse Osmosis.

I don't really trust water with "minerals (rocks) for taste". That stuff clogs the brain and you are already getting minerals from what you eat.

I also think its much better quality than sink or fridge water, which is packed with even more minerals and Flouride.

So, I'll take maybe tiny fragments of plastics that I'll poop out over minerals and fluoride any day.

[Animl-AW]

I drink Aquafina water bottles on the daily. Its reverse Osmosis.

I don't really trust water with "minerals (rocks) for taste". That stuff clogs the brain and you are already getting minerals from what you eat.

I also think its much better quality than sink or fridge water, which is packed with even more minerals and Flouride.

So, I'll take maybe tiny fragments of plastics that I'll poop out over minerals and fluoride any day.

All personal prefrence.

My personal take on bottle water is its dead water. Some is filtered so much there is nothing left in it. The higher priced water may add back the very minerals you avoid. Bottled water can and does go bad. If in the sun/light too long it will start mold/algea. You do not know where the water comes from. A few companies get it from rivers where upstream farming chemicals leach into it. I’m the opposite, I won’t drink bottle water.

Did you read what plastic does?

When I worked in Chicago I refused to drink their water.  When I was a kid at a huge plumbing  company I delivered lead piping for city water. Almost all old big cities run water through lead pipe from the mains to buildings. I think it has affected those ppl.

I grew up on well water. Had it tested every year at water dept. they said it was better than town water. The water I consume (town water) goes through carbon filters.

I’m not a health freak, ya can’t stop everything, I just minimize what I can. To each their own.

[Getback]

Spot on Animal!

[icepac]

Of course, scientists have found microplastics in ancient soil samples that man had not yet exposed to the elements.

[Animl-AW]

Of course, scientists have found microplastics in ancient soil samples that man had not yet exposed to the elements.

Huh? Have a source?

A friend works at BP, plastic is made from the leftover sludge of oil from making gas. So I guess that could be possible.. depending on the chemicals added determine quality of plastic.the wirst is used for garbage bags.

But the formed over time in confined place and exposure was small.

I just shy away from storing food or water in plastic. <shrug>

Some of what we digest comes from seafood. Uts just everywhere and too much. IMO

[DmonSlyr]

All personal prefrence.

My personal take on bottle water is its dead water. Some is filtered so much there is nothing left in it. The higher priced water may add back the very minerals you avoid. Bottled water can and does go bad. If in the sun/light too long it will start mold/algea. You do not know where the water comes from. A few companies get it from rivers where upstream farming chemicals leach into it. I’m the opposite, I won’t drink bottle water.

Did you read what plastic does?

When I worked in Chicago I refused to drink their water.  When I was a kid at a huge plumbing  company I delivered lead piping for city water. Almost all old big cities run water through lead pipe from the mains to buildings. I think it has affected those ppl.

I grew up on well water. Had it tested every year at water dept. they said it was better than town water. The water I consume (town water) goes through carbon filters.

I’m not a health freak, ya can’t stop everything, I just minimize what I can. To each their own.

Having water with absolutely nothing in it, is what you want. Water in the purest form. I guess "dead" as you imply. That's the best way.

Aquafina is reverse Osmosis, which means there ain't nothing in it. Its one of the purest forms.

Bottled water like aquafina is 100x better than anything coming out of faucets or Fridges. As you say, dirty pipes, but it's the heavy metals getting them. Heavy metals are some of the most toxic substances that if taken too much, could literally retard people. Its literally limiting people's brain capacity in those cities.

Not to mention the potential for parasites and the rest. I'm much more certain tha Aquafina is way better than almost any other water source due to reverse Osmosis. The tiny plastic or whatever that may effect the brain is no where near what lead pipes and some of these other water treatments may produce.

[xanax]

Having water with absolutely nothing in it, is what you want. Water in the purest form. I guess "dead" as you imply. That's the best way.

Aquafina is reverse Osmosis, which means there ain't nothing in it. It's one of the purest forms.

Reverse osmosis is fine and gets rid of most but not all, there's still dissolved solids in it. If there wasn't, nobody would buy it as it would taste terrible. Go take a swig of double-distilled water....actual H2O with nothing else dissolved into it-aka Pure water. It tastes terrible. "Water in its purest form" is terrible and has pH of 7.0. Aquafina runs a bit basic at 7.8 thus other ingredients.

http://www.smlc.com.lb/products/details/Aquafina

[JimmyD3]

Don't forget, the body needs electrolytes.