This video discusses three primary methods for reducing exposure to microplastics. The first and most crucial recommendation is to avoid drinking water from plastic bottles. Instead, the speaker suggests using a reverse osmosis filter at home, which effectively removes microplastics, followed by remineralization with microplastic-free sea salt. The second tip focuses on kitchenware, specifically advising against the use of plastic cutting boards. The speaker explains that cutting on plastic boards releases small plastic fragments into food, leading to ingestion of microplastics. The third method addresses microplastic accumulation from indoor environments. It highlights that materials like polyester furniture and clothing shed microplastic dust into the air. This dust settles on dishes, and if dishes are not rinsed before use, these microplastics are consumed. The speaker emphasizes that rinsing and drying dishes before use, though an extra step, significantly reduces this source of microplastic ingestion.

Paul Saladino MD

Here are the three biggest ways to reduce your exposure to microplastics.

Okay, so number one, first, most important way to minimize your exposure to microplastics: do not drink out of plastic water bottles. What do I do instead of bottled water? I have a reverse osmosis filter in my house. It just sits on my countertop. This will remove all the microplastics, and then I remineralize this reverse osmosis water with a microplastic-free sea salt.

Number two, you guys have probably seen me do this before. When you cut like this on a plastic cutting board, small pieces of plastic from the cutting board are going to end up in your food. Those small pieces of plastic, those microplastics, you are eating them when you are using a plastic cutting board.

All right, number three, and you may not be aware of this: you should rinse your dishes and dry them before you use them. Yes, it's extra work, but there is a significant amount of microplastics that accumulate just from being indoors. Polyester furniture, polyester clothing, all these things put microplastic dust into the air of your home, and that dust ends up on your dishes. So humans consume significant amounts of microplastics just from the dishes that you use if you don't rinse them off before you use them.

Still drinking from plastic bottles?

here are the three biggest ways to
reduce your exposure to microplastics
okay so number one first most important
way to minimize your exposure to
microplastics do not drink out of
plastic water bottles what do I do
instead of bottled water I have a
reverse osmosis filter in my house it
just sits on my countertop this will
remove all the microplastics and then I
remineralize this reverse osmosis water
with a microplastic free sea salt number
two you guys have probably seen me do
this before when you cut like this on a
plastic cutting board small pieces of
plastic from The Cutting Board are going
to end up in your food those small
pieces of plastic those microplastics
you are eating them when you are using a
plastic cutting board all right number
three and you may not be aware of this
you should rinse your dishes and dry
them before you use them yes it's extra
work but there is a significant amount
of microplastics that accumulate just
from being indoors polyester Furniture
polyester clothing all these things put
microplastic dust into the air of your
home and that dust ends up on your
dishes so humans consume significant
amounts of microplastics just from the
dishes that you use if you don't rinse
them off before you use them

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