One of my NY resolutions is to keep decreasing my contact with plastics. I opted for glass and metal food storage long ago, and try to avoid synthetic clothing. It seems from reviewing the plasticlist that eating lower on the food chain (whole food plant based and avoiding ultra processed foods) goes a long way to mitigating exposures. I understand that emptying your dryer lint screen could be hazardous after dryiing polyester/plastic clothing as you inhale nanoparticles that are collected in the lint. I try to put on a mask when I do so....and put in the trash outdoors straight away. Its so insidious!
tldr: PlasticList is a good start but just scratches the surface. It does seem that eating lower on the food chain and more Whole Foods might be better….
One of my NY resolutions is to keep decreasing my contact with plastics. I opted for glass and metal food storage long ago, and try to avoid synthetic clothing. It seems from reviewing the plasticlist that eating lower on the food chain (whole food plant based and avoiding ultra processed foods) goes a long way to mitigating exposures. I understand that emptying your dryer lint screen could be hazardous after dryiing polyester/plastic clothing as you inhale nanoparticles that are collected in the lint. I try to put on a mask when I do so....and put in the trash outdoors straight away. Its so insidious!
This Substack post is IMHO the best summary of the PlasticList report, (and Trevor Klee is doing other interesting Personal Science-adjacent work…)
https://open.substack.com/pub/trevorklee/p/a-brief-analysis-of-the-plasticlist
tldr: PlasticList is a good start but just scratches the surface. It does seem that eating lower on the food chain and more Whole Foods might be better….