Episode 405: Top 10 Microplastic Sources Hiding In Your Home & Our Favorite Swap Outs

What do dishwasher pods, yoga pants, tampons, and tea bags all have in common? These are some of the worst offenders when it comes to microplastic exposure in the home! Tune in to hear us discuss where microplastics hide, why this is concerning, and how you can make shifts to avoid exposure. 

 

If you listened to our episode on microplastics, you already know how ubiquitous and difficult to avoid they are. In this episode, we discuss the top 10 places microplastics might be hiding in your home along with our favorite plastic-free swap outs! 

 

Also in this episode: 

• Next Live Keto Program starts 8/21
• Episode 391: Microplastics
• 10 Day Detox 
• What are Microplastics?
• Sources of Microplastics
• Clothing
  • Mate the Label
  • Pact Organic
  • Groceries Apparel
  • Reprise Activewear
  • Hanna Anderson (Kids PJs)
• Tea Bags
  • Health risks posed by microplastics in tea bags: microplastic pollution – a truly global problem
  • Naturally Nourished Tea
  • Breville Tea Pot
  • Tea Infuser
• Personal Care Products
  • Grace Holistic Skin
  • Toups & Co use code ALIMILLERRD
  • Ilia
  • Primally Pure
• Toothbrushes and Oral Care
  • Microplastics in oral healthcare products (OHPs) and their environmental health risks and mitigation measures
  • Boka
  • The Humble Co
• Sponges
  • Branch Basics Dish Brush 
  • Real Loofah
• Dishwasher Pods
  • Branch Basics Dishwasher Tablets 
• Tampons
  • Natracare
  • Organyc
  • Cora
• Coffee Cups, K Cups, Coffee Makers
  • Chemex
  • Stainless steel coffee mug
• Food packaging and storage containers
  • Lunchbots Luchbox
  • Stasher Bags
  • Pyrex Glass Containers
• Cookware
  • Cast-iron pans YouTube Video
  • Stainless Steel baking sheets
  • Stainless steel muffin tin
• Water and water bottles
  • Episode 292: All About Water
  • Swell Stainless Steel Water Bottle

 

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