PhilT
31 October 2025 22:48
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Welcome to the Community @DonFrom ,
I merged your post into this existing topic about plastic particles in tea bags. There are some other relevant topics you can find using the Community search tool. Some being
Not at all surprising. It’s in the water we drink:
and
It’s even in the air we breathe:
What have we done to ourselves (and everything else on the planet)?
Early last century a chemist (L. Baekeland) officially invented synthetic plastic, and called it Bakelite. Since then plastic has taken over the world; literally because the world is choking on it. Manufacturing output is expected to reach 500 million tonnes by this year (2025).
This versatile, light, durable…durable…so durable material that it takes thousands of years to degrade in landfill while it sheds toxic chemicals and takes up valuable land space.
What plastic can easily do is to break…
We’re ingesting greater amounts of microplastic, but there are steps we can take to reduce our exposure:
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