microplastics

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Microplastics

Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. They are not typically used as a supplement, but rather are a pollutant that can end up in the food chain, potentially impacting human health.

Category
Environmental pollutant
Molecular Formula
Varies
Mechanism of Action
Accidental ingestion or through food chain
Evidence Grade
C

Side Effects

  • Potential disruption of hormones
  • Potential carcinogenic effects

Precautions

  • Avoid use of plastic when possible
  • Support environmental clean-up efforts

Key References

  • Thompson, R.C., Olsen, Y., Mitchell, R.P., Davis, A., Rowland, S.J., John, A.W., McGonigle, D., and Russell, A.E., 2004. Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?. Science, 304(5672), pp.838-839.
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“sports bras polyester active wear there is noticeable measurable absorption of endocrine disrupting chemicals from plastic clothes when you are sweating”

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“what came out um glyphosates, bisphenols, aphletoxin A, aphletoxin B, microplastics”

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“you can sweat out microplastics. You can sweat out BPA. You can sweat out a lot of these microtoxins. You can sweat out a lot of man-made industrial toxins in general.”

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“in the average brain there's 50% more microplastics now than there was 10 years ago so it's it's increasing really really fast”

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“in the average male testicle there's 8.2 milligrams of microplastics”

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“don't drink out of plastic water bottles”

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“there's no safe place anywhere for microplastics”

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“the average plastic bottle has I think 200,000 microplastic particles something like that”

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“the plastics one is is really compelling because we now have plastics in the brain in people correlated with dementia”

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“the most of it is coming through um what we drink drink and eat um so plastic bottles”

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“the brain is taking that information in and is very plastic, it's changing at these early stages of development and that it's fairly critical to get that stuff corrected early on because if you wait too long the brain can essentially become blind to the the um or rather the the brain cannot learn to handle the proper alignment”

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“a recent like this study was just published and they the the researchers put food into quote micro wave safe plastic container and microwaved it for 3 minutes and they found that in a 3 cm space of that of that container released literally 50,000 plus microplastics and we're talking millions of nanoplastics into the food and that's just from a 3 centimeter space of it.”

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“babe did you know oh the plastic the paper cups like you were right”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 0:00 0
“I think most recently I've had a real interest in Ultra processed foods in plastic microplastics their Associated chemicals what they're doing to human health that's that's been my latest Obsession.”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 0:31 0
“microplastics are getting into food um as we consume whatever food they're contained in whether it's a beverage or you know uh disposable food you're digesting it and they can be absorbed right now not all of them are absorbed I think I think you know it's there's some studies saying that we we basically consume anywhere between um you know hundreds to thousands of particles a day so how much of that we absorb not all of it you know fraction of it but it's a lot of particles that we're absorbing every day”

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“water is another source of course if you're drinking bottled water out of plastic bottles um that's another added source of microplastics as well”

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“it's impossible to avoid I mean the fact that it's in our water source is kind of indicative of that um unfortunately it's not just in our water but it's in our soil so plants are taking that up um it's it's in the soil um because it's it's it's essentially you know runoff from you know rain and stuff it's in microplastics and and plastic chemicals are everywhere so they they're in the air and so when rain you know so that's so small that they can go up with precipitation they're they're in the air because um the M the main source from the air is actually our clothing so our clothing polyester nylon the stuff that I'm wearing for sure I'm not wearing 100% cotton uh when you wash it it gets you know into the oceans when you dry your clothes the dryer is you know atomizing your microplastics and pushing them into the atmos into the air and tires are a big source so tires aren't 100% made of rubber they're Rubber and a bunch of plastic you know stuff and so cars on the road shoes on our you know the the rubber Sho…”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 6:02 0
“so it depends on what you're eating you know what you're consuming where you live how polluted it is right like that's that's that's a obviously if you have air filters in your home which is a big one if your drier you don't want your dryer to ventilate in inside of your home that would be like a huge source of microplastics that are concentrated inside your house so you want to ventilate of course outside of course but then that contributes to the microplastics in the environment right which ultimately makes its way back into our food and our um you know the air we breathe outside”

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“there's been a variety of studies and and some of them have said well there's a credit card of plastic a day that we consume um and that was a very I would say Sensational headline that was it was published in a peer-reviewed study but it turns out when you're trying to really quantify the gram weight of microplastics is very challenging because they vary in size”

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“dietary fiber um because so there's two types of fiber there's fermentable fiber you know this is what the bacteria in the distal part of your gut this is the colon um they're fermenting into a bunch of short chain fatty acids to regulate your immune system and do all sorts of beneficial things for your gut then there's also non-fermentable fiber this just moves stuff through your intestines right well the fermentable fiber which is found in fruits and vegetables that um is fermented into like this viscous gel that encapsulates microplastics and nanoplastics and stops them from being absorbed the non-fermentable fiber just like the stuff that moves you know Foods through your through your intestines also just moves the microplastics as well so you're going to be excreting it through feces more rapidly”

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The Truth About Microplastics – Dr Rhonda Patrick
Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 11:42 0
“we're breathing in these particles in addition to consuming them orally from our foods and Beverages and things like that because I mentioned microplastics are in the air right they're in the air we are breathing them in they get into our lungs but so the bloodb brain barrier is supposed to protect chemicals from getting into the brain and you would think well if anything job yeah you'd think it'd be like less microplastics in the brain than in the lungs right um and also particle size plays a role so again particle size if you have a nanoplastic it can more readily trans transverse across the blood brain barrier because it's smaller in size similar to what's happening in the gut but when you breathe in something it's a direct rout to the brain so it it bypasses the bloodb brain barrier and and and this is because you're ol factoring neurons when you when you smell something there's a direct connection to the central nervous system and this is why a lot of drugs that are administered intranasally are done so because they are trying to bypass the blood brain barrier”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 13:29 0
“in that same study um they looked postmortem at people that had dementia like Alzheimer's disease and those individuals that had dementia and Alzheimer's disease had 10 times more microplastics in their brains than people that did not have dementia and Alzheimer's disease”

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“Plastics are certain types of plastics more are they making different kinds of impacts and obviously women can be pregnant so I guess developing children in the womb that's one thing but yeah What's the sex difference story it does it does seem like males tend to be more susceptible”

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“a lot of these plastic chemicals like BPA are also affecting ADHD not just autism and again it seems like boys are more susceptible to that but these plastic chemical do affect women as well”

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“the most common places one is drinking out of bottled water like bottle plas plastic bottles right like a lot of people drink out of plastic bottles”

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“when heat like boiling water is applied it increases the leeching by 55 times which is huge. It also increases microplastic breakdown because you're breaking down the plastic itself.”

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“tea bags themselves are made of either polypropylene, nylon or cellulose which you would think wouldn't have microplastics but they must be mixed there must be a mixture of stuff in there.”

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“black plastic is often made from recycled electronics and contain high levels of carcinogens that are normally not even found in regular plastics.”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 43:40 0
“the reality is is that if you if you can the the more the plastic breaks down over time so time oxygen heat these are all a factor in the breakdown of plastics to our food into our food and also um the chemicals associated with them”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 44:09 0
“if you've got a bottle of Avon in Dubai that's been transported via truck two or three or four different Journeys and it's been hot and it's been cool again then it's been hot and then it's been cool again then finally it gets into a fridge and you go ah it's been in the fridge it's cold exactly go exactly what about the rest of the supply chain Bingo exactly”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 45:05 0
“so you have to have some piece of mind and realize okay we do live in a plastic world at the end of the day you know it does come down to the breakdowns of this plastic and so you know the things that you want to avoid are like you said the bottled water the heat touching the plastic um you want to get a reverse osmosis filter”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 46:32 0
“the one thing to consider with reverse osmosis filtration is it does so the great thing about reverse osmosis is it filters out not only microplastics but it filters out nanoplastics it filters out really really really tiny tiny um particles and chemicals including Trace Elements and Minerals”

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“there's air filters like a high quality HEPA filter which is a great one that does filter out the microplastics you know vacuuming also can disturb and bring microplastics in the air some vacuums have um he filters on them as well”

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“avoid drinking as much as possible out of plastic bottles also cans do are lined with plastic lining as well”

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“avoid heating plastic so really like the Togo coffee mugs is a big one bring your own mug like this here Yeti”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 56:40 0
“microplastics are in the digest of track of those Foods so like limiting you just don't want to eat shrimp like every day”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 57:56 0
“getting like a honey well HEPA filter like for each room they're really not that expensive and they do filter out a lot of particulate matter um that you're breathing in including microplastics”

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Understanding Microplastics and Toxin Exposure in Everyday Health and Environment 1:01:07 0
“really the main source is excretion through feces and that happens with dietary fiber so if you are eating a lot of fruits and vegetables that does increase the chances that microplastics are going to move their way out through feces.”

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“We've now found microplastics in the brain. As I mentioned to you, we found it in a bloodstream.”

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“A group in Italy actually looking at men who had narrowing of the corateed artery... They found that the narrowing that can occur in some men can accumulate plastic. They can actually find plastic particles.”

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“the easiest way to lower your exposure to microplastics is to throw out your plastic cups, your plastic plates, and your plastic silverware.”

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“microplastics are things that you can drink them and they will absorb through the intestine and get into the bloodstream”

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