04/13/2026
A few years ago, my household transitioned most of our plastic kitchenware to glass or other materials. However, last week I noticed that even glass containers all have plastic lids. Looking around, I realized just how unavoidable plastic is! Sure my water bottle is stainless steel, but the lid I drink out of is plastic. Microplastics are a real health concern but there are ways we can reduce our use of plastic, even if we can’t eliminate it altogether.
Sources:
https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/microplastics-everywhere
https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2025/01/microplastics-in-body-polluted-tiny-plastic-fragments.html
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/18/are-microplastics-harmful-to-our-health-scientists-are-trying-to-find-out/