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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2025, 05:18:20 PM »
I'm not going to talk anyone into doing anything. I just provided information for those who might want to consider risk to something they do, or not.
It's up to the individual to be in tune with their own body and health.

But it's a little hard to swallow that "pure" water poured into plastic leaching chemicals into it is still pure. If it were in a glass bottle and kept in the dark then fine, it's probably still pure.

That said, those minerals in water dictate it's taste and feed electrolytes and minerals you lose when you sweat. Much of the benefits of water is the minerals.

Again, some companies who are even worth a crap will put minerals back into it. Those cheap companies, they pour what ever they want in it, as long as it doesn't kill you as soon as you drink it. Some bottle water companies have been caught taking water straight out of the ground or just city water into the bottles. Bottled water is occasionally recalled due to contaminants.

"Microplastics act as endocrine-disrupting chemicals, promote inflammation, result in negative health effects, and accumulate over time in organs like the liver, kidneys, and intestines."

"From treating and bottling to transportation and refrigeration, bottled water requires large amounts of energy.

In fact, bottled water production in the United States used 4 billion pounds (1.8 billion kg) of plastic in 2016 alone. The energy input required to produce that amount is equal to 64 million barrels of oil.

Furthermore, it’s estimated that only 20% of plastic water bottles in the United States get recycled. Most end up in landfills or bodies of water.

This is particularly problematic, as plastic bottles have been shown to release toxins as they degrade"

All plastics do.

"One gallon (3.8 liters) of tap water costs roughly $0.005 in the United States, while the same amount of bottled water, obtained from combining single-serving water bottles, costs around $9.47"


That said, people make their own choices.

My GF, an RN of 30 yrs, died last spring from brain cancer, she drank bottle water constantly, all day every day. It's not up to me to force anyone to do or not do anything. If the power of suggestions doesn't work most likely nothing else will. Now I could contribute it to plastics, but it's nothing I can prove. I just suspect.

The older ya get the more this stuff becomes more important, to many.

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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2025, 08:02:59 PM »
Aluminum cans aren't helping our memories if you believe some, Aluminum in deodorant same issue...

So brace for everything in glass - should require a deposit like they used to - and enjoy everyone's body odor...

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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2025, 09:35:43 PM »
Having water with absolutely nothing in it, is what you want. Water in the purest form.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeU1CwJkwX8

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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2025, 03:41:01 AM »
Absolutely spot on Animal!

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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2025, 05:08:38 AM »
I was looking on the internet... and it appears that an awful lot of plastic appear to avoid the brain in women and seem to settle heavily in tits.  :old:
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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2025, 06:38:18 AM »
I was looking on the internet... and it appears that an awful lot of plastic appear to avoid the brain in women and seem to settle heavily in tits.  :old:

I thought it was stored directly into their butt
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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2025, 12:28:09 PM »
I thought it was stored directly into their butt

I will have to do more... much more... thorough research  :D
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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2025, 01:41:29 PM »
Problem with purified water is there are several levels of purity, not all of which can be consumed by people.That's the reason for adding the minerals back in post processing. For what we could drink that's not just for the taste. Rebalances it so it's safe for us to drink. I deal with labs now at UD so it's a thing with them. For lab purposes, they need that level of purity to tune out anything else that might be in it that might skew the data with what they might be trying to do. Constants have to be known.

Did a startup of a commercial RO unit for the print shop once. Guy was telling me we couldn't drink the purest RO that comes out of the thing because it'd be looking for something to react with and definitely didn't want that to be you! Perfectly balanced for the commercial printing machine it was hooked up to tho. Any metals found in plain filtered water would react with the inks and skew the colors.
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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #23 on: February 05, 2025, 02:36:50 PM »

I try not to insert myself in these debates, but this triggered me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeU1CwJkwX8

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Ya know, there’s a time and place for everything. This is a very serious subject, not a place for unwarranted….”humor”. I lost sleep over this last night.

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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2025, 01:09:47 AM »
I'm not too worried about getting microplastic into my system from a food container of any type. Scraping the plastic is one thing, liquids aren't so abrasive that they'd remove material from the inner surface during transport. On the shelf even sandpaper would not do anything in a plastic container. If abrasives worked even when unmoved the liquid cutting pastes wouldn't be in plastic bottles.

Greenwash is another thing, lately I stumbled upon a thing called Vegan Leather. Studying it a bit one article told clearly that it's simply plastic. Quite a many years ago I bought a pair of walking shoes, real leather uppers. The lining also looked like leather but according to the label it was man-made material. So I asked the shopkeeper about its durability compared to leather and he said that it would last long enough. Well... The upper would still look half decent with some brushing and the soles still have their figuration intact. But the linings have long been looking like worn-out bedsheet! The "leather" coating has become microplastics.
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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2025, 07:37:31 AM »
Heard we have the plastic equivalent of a plastic spoon in our brains...

Guess we are working on our forks now...

Nothing to lose sleep over..now where is my Zephyrhills bottle..can I blame it for my failing memory?

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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2025, 08:18:33 AM »
Heard we have the plastic equivalent of a plastic spoon in our brains...

Guess we are working on our forks now...

Nothing to lose sleep over..now where is my Zephyrhills bottle..can I blame it for my failing memory?

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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #27 on: February 09, 2025, 04:46:24 AM »
For some odd reason this microplastics conversation doesn't leave my brain. This morning I found myself thinking about everyday sources other than food vessels:
  • Toothpaste and other hygiene products may contain plastic beads
  • Laser printers work by melting plastic powder on paper. The fumes already have been found potentially harmful. And in any case some excess powder will puff out to your breathing air.
  • Have the buttons of your keyboard worn shiny? Or your joystick? Microplastics or the toxins within can absorb through skin.
  • How about headsets? The "leather" on the earpads and headband has worn off of mine.
  • Same thing with clothes. Polycotton or even nylon shirts? Spandex mixed into the fabric of your trousers? A lint of the colour of my shirt gathers to my bellybutton every day.
Lots of things one could get neurotic about!


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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2025, 07:35:01 AM »
For some odd reason this microplastics conversation doesn't leave my brain. This morning I found myself thinking about everyday sources other than food vessels:
  • Toothpaste and other hygiene products may contain plastic beads
  • Laser printers work by melting plastic powder on paper. The fumes already have been found potentially harmful. And in any case some excess powder will puff out to your breathing air.
  • Have the buttons of your keyboard worn shiny? Or your joystick? Microplastics or the toxins within can absorb through skin.
  • How about headsets? The "leather" on the earpads and headband has worn off of mine.
  • Same thing with clothes. Polycotton or even nylon shirts? Spandex mixed into the fabric of your trousers? A lint of the colour of my shirt gathers to my bellybutton every day.
Lots of things one could get neurotic about!

Ya, that stuff is everywhere, including seafood we eat. Even in some water supply.

I don’t get too neurotic about most things. But a red flag is a red flag to me. I’m not going to go thirsty or hungry because of too many plastics. But when its in my control, like at home, i minimize exposure. Plus I just like high quality objects.

Same thing with air pollution. I live near steel industry because of access to the highways that take me to a car exhaust city of chitcago. But as soon as I’m off I head to clean air country.

IMO, anything in the body organs that can’t be digested or decay is not good. In the brain and heart or lungs, its time to pay more attention.

Even if some don’t find it alarming, food just taste better/cleaner in glass or aluminum.
Same milk taste better from glass
Same Pop/Soda taste better in glass or cans.
Bread absolutely will take in a plastic flavor. I have a bread maker, that stuff never hits plastic.

Its just a post about something ya may want to pay attention to.


As mentioned above, I’d rather go back to glass container deposits.

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Re: Microplastics found in brains
« Reply #29 on: February 09, 2025, 08:15:07 AM »
Don't forget about the 3 through 5g and every other wavelength/frequency continously bombarding and penetrating our brains and bodies...  :eek:

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