I've got my ghillie suit and hill top sniper spot already picked out. 1 road in 1 road out. The ******* Cubans won't know what hit 'em, it's not like they've got helicopters and such. ...wait: 51 Minutes? WTF?
They get some of them but not all, but also consider: the inline refrigerator water systems are.... <drumroll... cymbal crash> largely made of plastics. Agree with @Haymitch in giving in to our plastic overlords and our yummy plastic infused bodies.
That's a good question. I can't remember if she covered that. Seems like well water should be ok, and seems like it would definitely be better than normal city plumbing. But I don't remember that being brought up specifically.
Microplastics are more than just bottled water. If you store leftovers in plastic dishes and warm them up later in the same dish, enjoy your leftovers with a little infused plastic. I recently bought some glass containers that seal really well out of paranoia but I drink Bai, Body Armor, Vitamin water, Simply Juice etc daily and they are all in plastic containers. I don't like the powder drinks and I don't like carbonation so I'm kind of limited. Also worried about fruits and vegetables where you eat the skin. Yeah I wash them but I still wonder if it's still there. And strawberries - are you really getting in the crevasses where all the poisons collected? I don't trust organic though I do think it's slightly better. IDK... But I'm turning 65 soon and I was one of those idiot kids running behind the mosquito spraying trucks with my friends and so far we're all still here. I guess it's true that what doesn't kill you make you stronger.
Ideally we’d have clean public water we could drink out of our sinks but the U.S. is infrastructure wise a third world country with tiered access to luxuries like that.
Glad you're on top of it. So many people your age have never even tried, or have given up. My recommendation is to zoom out a little, there's diminishing returns for your time if you're getting too granular. I'd rather make a 90 overall than an A+ in health category A-C and fail the rest. Since there's always a non-zero chance of getting something terrible, it's best to just narrow down your chances as much as possible while keeping your quality of life (which will improve since you're focused on health anyway).
You absolutely want your well pipes in new plastic...if they're not they're in old rusty-ass metal. Same with the pipes from the well to the house. Here's some pics! https://www.google.com/search?q=old...AgCgAgCYAwCIBgGSBwCgB44C&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
Sure potential well water, but unless you are piping into your house using something other than PVC, it’s all going to have microplastics. It’s ubiquitous, completely unavoidable. The key is mitigating the damage. Drinking city tap water is also really bad. Go ahead and sample your tap water and send it to a lab and see what comes back. There are alkaline water stores that will sell you the water by the gallon (in plastic containers! Yay!), but I think that water probably gets exposed to a little less plastic than plastic bottles, bc the plastic in large jugs is much hardier and less prone seap into the water. And then refill your water in metal water bottles. It’s still unavoidable though. Also, the science on alkaline water doesn’t really make any sense whatsoever if you have a college freshman level understanding of biochemistry, but I do seem to feel a bit better when I drink it so whatever. It’s also cheaper than buying bottles from the store. TLDR, no matter how clever you think you are, you aren’t avoiding plastic in your water. It’s a matter of dose.
Exactly…let me filter out that plastic with…plastic! Also, unless your refrigerator has an industrial, science grade filter on there, it’s only filtering out a percentage. I wouldn’t even say most.
Great points, although that mosquito truck dumping pyrethoids in your face did no favors to your nervous system or your longevity. On second thought, if you’re in your 60s, that mosquito truck almost certainly was using a potent cocktail of organophosphates. The good stuff. Kills nervous systems indiscriminate of species
