Interesting to read that there is no conclusive evidence on microplastics. I would personally go 80/20 here until the research is out. E.g., chop your veggies on a wooden board instead of a plastic one, use wooden or silicone spatulas and don't unnecessarily heat up food in plastics containers but just on your plate.
It seems that most microplastic is actually ingested through air, which is much harder to fix, and in food it's often from packaging and less from the prep:
In general just seems really hard to avoid and to have questionable effects, that's why we decided not to put much focus on it, but of course evidence will change!
- "A large exposure assessment and several reviews agree that food and drinking water plus indoor air are the dominant routes overall."
- "Cutting food on plastic cutting boards: Experiments and field studies show very large releases: Estimated 7.4–50.7 g/year of microplastics per person from a single PE board"
- "Takeaway: Among food-related sources, plastic cutting boards appear to be one of the largest single contributors"
- "So, for a typical person heavily using plastics in the kitchen, cutting boards and reheating in plastic likely rival or exceed inhalation/dust on a per‑day microplastics basis ..."
Interesting to read that there is no conclusive evidence on microplastics. I would personally go 80/20 here until the research is out. E.g., chop your veggies on a wooden board instead of a plastic one, use wooden or silicone spatulas and don't unnecessarily heat up food in plastics containers but just on your plate.
It seems that most microplastic is actually ingested through air, which is much harder to fix, and in food it's often from packaging and less from the prep:
https://consensus.app/search/what-are-the-main-sources-we-ingest-microplastics-/vVAKJAYdTjaf--QjcvjgYQ/
In general just seems really hard to avoid and to have questionable effects, that's why we decided not to put much focus on it, but of course evidence will change!
- "A large exposure assessment and several reviews agree that food and drinking water plus indoor air are the dominant routes overall."
- "Cutting food on plastic cutting boards: Experiments and field studies show very large releases: Estimated 7.4–50.7 g/year of microplastics per person from a single PE board"
- "Takeaway: Among food-related sources, plastic cutting boards appear to be one of the largest single contributors"
- "So, for a typical person heavily using plastics in the kitchen, cutting boards and reheating in plastic likely rival or exceed inhalation/dust on a per‑day microplastics basis ..."
https://consensus.app/search/what-are-the-main-sources-we-ingest-microplastics-/vVAKJAYdTjaf--QjcvjgYQ/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=clipboard
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(agreed that this says nothing about the effects, but seems like a no regret measure to me)
Will for sure spend more time on this next year!!
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