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?

    • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      21 days ago

      There’s next to none in all water, when measured by volume.

      But things concentrate, so the 0.00005% adds up over time.

      • Boomkop3
        1·
        20 days ago

        A quick google finds me an article going into the measurements taken with the tap water here: it’s so little it’s in the range of a measuring error for none at all.

        I’d have to pour 350 cups of water to find even one particle, if I’m unlucky

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      20 days ago

      This is a “parts per million billion” sort of thing.

      Think of it like PFAS or some other harmful chemical (which, you know, it basically is): the layperson would be categorically unable to get a meaningful measurement from a glass of water, but it can still fuck you (and everyone else) up real bad in the long run.

      • Boomkop3
        1·
        20 days ago

        The only particles found were really small: 50 microns

        going with that, 350 glasses, 250ml per glass, 1e+12 cubic microns per cm3

        So 1 particle in 3502501e+12/50 cubic microns of water

        according to my calculator that would be about 5.7×10^-10ppm

        aka, next to none

        yes I did the math using the simple example I found on the doc :0