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TIL: From Fleece Jackets to Your Food: The Scary Journey of Microplastics | Today I Learned


one thing I bet you didn’t know is that

one thing I bet you didn’t know is that every time you wash your fleece jacket

every time you wash your fleece jacket

every time you wash your fleece jacket 2,000 pieces of plastic gets shed right

2,000 pieces of plastic gets shed right

2,000 pieces of plastic gets shed right into the waterway the plastics are so

into the waterway the plastics are so

into the waterway the plastics are so small you can’t see them with your naked

small you can’t see them with your naked

small you can’t see them with your naked eye they’re called micro plastics these

eye they’re called micro plastics these

eye they’re called micro plastics these tiny little plastics as they float their

tiny little plastics as they float their

tiny little plastics as they float their way down the rivers and into our oceans

way down the rivers and into our oceans

way down the rivers and into our oceans they’re picking up different chemicals

they’re picking up different chemicals

they’re picking up different chemicals they act like little sponges picking up

they act like little sponges picking up

they act like little sponges picking up DDT and BPA and pseudo estrogens that

DDT and BPA and pseudo estrogens that

DDT and BPA and pseudo estrogens that matters because the fish and other

matters because the fish and other

matters because the fish and other marine life that think that it’s

marine life that think that it’s

marine life that think that it’s plankton wind up eating those plastics

plankton wind up eating those plastics

plankton wind up eating those plastics bigger fish eat those fish and

bigger fish eat those fish and

bigger fish eat those fish and eventually the fish make their way onto

eventually the fish make their way onto

eventually the fish make their way onto our dinner tables and into our beer

our dinner tables and into our beer

our dinner tables and into our beer we’ve had plastic show up in German beer

we’ve had plastic show up in German beer

we’ve had plastic show up in German beer this year it’s showing up in honey it’s

this year it’s showing up in honey it’s

this year it’s showing up in honey it’s showing up in different food products

showing up in different food products

showing up in different food products that should not be contaminated with

that should not be contaminated with

that should not be contaminated with plastics what we’ve learned over the

plastics what we’ve learned over the

plastics what we’ve learned over the last few years what the science

last few years what the science

last few years what the science community has learned over the last few

community has learned over the last few

community has learned over the last few years is that this is getting into the

years is that this is getting into the

years is that this is getting into the water from washing your fleece jackets

water from washing your fleece jackets

water from washing your fleece jackets it’s washing your synthetic clothing is

it’s washing your synthetic clothing is

it’s washing your synthetic clothing is in general it’s coming from the

in general it’s coming from the

in general it’s coming from the microbeads that are in your face washes

microbeads that are in your face washes

microbeads that are in your face washes the little blue things that show up in

the little blue things that show up in

the little blue things that show up in your toothpaste that we think of as

your toothpaste that we think of as

your toothpaste that we think of as these miracle scrubbers and all their

these miracle scrubbers and all their

these miracle scrubbers and all their plastics and you’re putting plastics

plastics and you’re putting plastics

plastics and you’re putting plastics into your mouth into your bloodstream

into your mouth into your bloodstream

into your mouth into your bloodstream and then they make their way into our

and then they make their way into our

and then they make their way into our oceans and into the bloodstream of the

oceans and into the bloodstream of the

oceans and into the bloodstream of the planet

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