Yup, me too. I got rid of my microwave, and plastic bottles. Yet I still find myself buying something without thinking about the plastic. I even found non-plastic wrap for food, compostable but annoying to use.
I caught onto the plastic problem a few years back and completely purged my kitchen of ALL plastic. Today I only use glass canning jars with screw on metal lids.
I use parchment paper to wrap meat/chicken/cheese. Then, I put most of my meat & dairy hard cheese & wrapped meats in the compostable bags, then freeze the meat/chicken. Not sure if I’m helping my intake of microplastics in this way, but I’m hopeful it’s going to help me.
COMPOSTIC / compostable cling wrap. There is a perforated tear line that I found after struggling to tear it; nope. Cut it; nope. Now that I know how to use it better, I will buy it again.
I was amused at the recent article I read on how researchers were finding "microplastics" in all the experimental tissues they were analyzing - because their gloves were coated with it!!
And, the study that said our brains were full of plastics later acknowledged that the "signal" for plastics is the same as for fat. So, we could just all be fat heads. Ha! Anyone have the link handy?
There is currently no medically proven method to completely flush microplastics from the human body. However, scientific research indicates that the body does naturally eliminate some particles through standard waste processes, and certain lifestyle habits may support these natural pathways.
Here is what they say:
Natural Elimination Processes
The human body naturally expels some microplastics through its built-in detoxification systems:
Digestive Tract: Many ingested microplastics, particularly larger ones, pass through the colon and are excreted via feces.
Liver and Kidneys: These organs help filter foreign substances from the blood, though microplastics may sometimes accumulate in them over time.
Perspiration: Some plastic-related chemicals, like Bisphenol A (BPA), can be excreted through sweat.
Strategies to Support Detoxification
While there is no "quick fix," experts suggest ways to assist the body's natural purification processes:
High-Fiber Diet: Eating fiber-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, and legumes can help trap microplastics in the gut and facilitate their removal through stool.
Probiotics: Early research suggests that certain probiotic strains may bind to plastic particles in the gut, aiding in their excretion.
Antioxidant Support: Consuming antioxidants (such as Vitamins C, E, and anthocyanins found in berries) may help counter the oxidative stress and inflammation caused by lingering particles.
Regular Physical Activity: Exercise and sauna promotes sweating and healthy bowel movements, both of which are primary elimination routes.
Proper Hydration: Drinking plenty of filtered water supports kidney function in flushing waste from the blood.
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Filter Your Water: Use a high-quality filter (like Reverse Osmosis) to remove particles from tap water.
Avoid Heating Plastic: Heat accelerates the leaching of microplastics. Never microwave food in plastic containers; use glass or ceramic instead.
Choose Natural Fibers: Opt for clothing made of cotton or wool rather than synthetic fabrics like polyester, which shed microplastics during wear and washing.
Switch Containers: Replace plastic water bottles and cutting boards with stainless steel, glass, or wood alternatives
"Superwash" wool doesn't felt in the wash because the fibers are coated with....plastic! Wash it by hand, folks, it's even possible to do it in hot water, as spinners and weavers have known for centuries.
And what, really, is Mr Gates' A-Peel coating for keeping produce fresh and nutritious, and to cut down on waste? Hmmmm?
My vision of the marketers of bottled water, chortling and rubbing their hands and saying, "D'ya think we can sell them air next?" was not nearly cynical enough.
Great pointers/tips! I do cook & use stainless, & more glass bakeware now. I do like my Bamboo cutting board, it easy to clean with lemons! I don’t have or use plastic bottles, & never liked them. But, a couple of my metal water containers have a plastic top!.
Recently, I stopped recycling all plastic. I still buy stuff packaged in plastic, but 100 percent of the empties and other waste plastic goes into the regular trash. I believe one source of environmental microplastic contamination is the recycling process. Admittedly, this may be wrong, but I think plastic recycling has other problems that outweigh any putative benefit.
We don't recycle either. It only makes sense that recycled plastic would be more prone to shedding the micro particles. And the law of unintended consequences beyond that outweighs any perceived benefit. Not to mention, I would like to see some undercover journalism as to what really happens at some recycling dumps.
An honest investigative report would be welcome. Beyond microplastic, I wonder about the harsh chemicals involved and the waste/pollution generated by recycling. The economics are another key angle.
The folks in this state are heavily into recycling. Even invested in two types of public containers. On the other hand I've read that it's a wasted effort and ends up as trash. Locally the County is heavily pushing every resident subscribe to heat pumps (and solar psnels). Tossed the instructions.
Yes. It's my understanding that any plastic that goes into a recycle bin ends up going into a landfill. The plastic manufacturers want to encourage the idea that their products can be recycled when, in fact, they won't be.
Most recycling is a feel-good exercise. It's usually much cheaper to make new, largely because plastics and glass are often too dirty to use without expensive cleaning. For a long time recently, mu county's trash facility said to stop recycling glass, 'cause they couldn't sell it. I think they're taking it again these days. Aluminum and cardboard are money-makers most of the time, as I understand. Most of the rest goes into the garbage. Go tour your local trash disposal facility sometime.
I think these recycling efforts are for two things: gaining compliance of the masses, and virtue signaling. In Europe, it feels like a shameful thing if you don't do it.
California is recycle mania central. Yet I've read a number of times that they no longer actually separate and recycle things any more....although they pretend to. I saw a photo of a double garbage container...the hole on the top of one side was for plastics and recyclables, the other side for garbage. That was for inside the store and for appearances. In reality, both parts joined together and merged inside the container and all of it got disposed of as garbage.
Sounds like another not so silent anymore mass extinction event....between plastic and COVID issues it seems like we're toast. At least wine and bourbon come in bottles and I only use spring water ice with the later and both in crystal glasses!
Hey, I will check Benziger out, & see if I find this in my area. I’m not familiar with Rudolf Steiner, but will research his techniques. I found Bread & Butter vineyards out of CA, not sure if they are in the Napa or Sonoma valley, but their Melot is really smooth. Thank you DD!
Have read enough to know that the caution emphasized in this article is fully warranted.
However, as a soon to be 84 year old marathon runner with really strongly ingrained habits and a strong sense of gratitude for the convenience many of these sources of microplastics provide, I do wonder if I should confine my worries to things that are much more likely to kill me than bottled water and food microwaved in the. containers in which it came. 🙂🙂🙂
The problem is that the great majority of humans are very poor at both absolute and relative risk assessment.
Sadly, I have been drinking Celestial Seasonings tea for decades, and I now I discovered that the teabags contain plastic which is released into the tea. I am actually deeply upset by this, because I simply didn't know.
I highly recommend the OXO brand tea diffuser. Fits any sized cup, even the deep Yeti SS, and the lid serves as a saucer. Don't know that it makes a bit of difference, but since I had a lot of tea in bags, I now cut open the bags and put the tea in the diffuser. Maybe the holes in the diffuser will trap some of the plastic that was in my tea too. Ha!
Wow! Crazy! We look back on the use of lead pewter for eating and drinking materials and laugh at how crazy that was. Future generations will look at our use of plastics the same way.
I switched to glass, steel, and ceramic many years ago, and I’ve worn cotton, wool, and silk clothing for years, as polyester has always been irritating to my skin. Yet my brother, who still lives in Switzerland where I was raised, told me just two days ago that they are finding microplastics in cow’s milk—even from cows raised high up in alpine pastures!!! Where is it safe to live nowadays?
Spit balling here - but I'm assuming there is ZERO chance Aluminum will be a potential target for Maha. Plastics, yep, harmful. But Aluminum seems in the Wowsers Harmful category! And the double wammy in many products is the plastic liner, supposedly protecting the product from the aluminum in the packaging or the product! I doubt that plastics, or aluminum will be touched by, our now changed (in my opinion), Maga Trump admin. Dear Lord, if they did so, corporations / elites / the stock market would Cry, this will make us POOR! or This is not a Win!
*Link - to answer my, Why not mention Alum?, We KNOW, Aluminum is way more troublesome for us all vs microplastics ... Dr. Exley, last year, in this stack, poses reasons why Maha does not dare (yet) to mention Aluminum. https://drchristopherexley.substack.com/p/read-all-about-it
*Link - a moving Highwire episode, beginning to end. #123, Aug, 2019- It begins with Del Bigtree, after he attended the 13th Keele Meeting on Aluminum held in Mexico. Great discussion about a study "pulled" by an unknown entity, the paper proved Alum in vaccines, harmed, that it was NOT SAFE. This was the last Keele Univ meeting on Aluminum, after many years, the meetings started in 1995. Keele Univ's research on Alum was shut down.
****Last week, on a flight, I was seated next to a 10yo boy with Autism and his mother. He was presevereing "I want to go home" and self-stimming the entire trip. She, of course, was an amazing mom. Sadly though, she told me her doctor told her, "It's genetic."
**I have a bottle of champagne, from a Patriot company - saved for the day, Maha, and the knowing ones, who can Create Solutions, can Openly talk about the harms of Aluminum.
Isn't fluoride a by-product of aluminum processing? The stuff that two nutters said would fix dental caries in the 40's or 50's and then it worked its way into drinking water? Nice we can help the aluminum industry dump their toxic waste.
Aluminum is the elephant in the room, but not in the way you describe. Fluoride's actual HUGE concern is best explained by Dr. Chris Exley. In doing your own research, enter words like, Fluoride and Aluminum. Add 'gut' to that mix!
Link - One of Dr. E's stacks (free) on this dangerous combination, of Fluoride and Aluminum. Of course, never is the Aluminum aspect mentioned, typical of the establishment, still covering up- so, to not offend the Big $$ Aluminum Industry/ our current Admin, too, sad to say. https://drchristopherexley.substack.com/p/water-fluoridation (he has many stacks on this subject, use Search on his substack)
That was interesting. I knew it affected IQ in children but not why. Many US towns and cities have banned it. Many have not, including mine, and I got the institutional response -- "we follow what the FDA currently recommends."
Dr Chris Exley, « Mr. Aluminum » . Le plus grand spécialiste mondial de l'aluminium . Il alerte sur la toxicité de l'aluminium dans les vaccins pédiatriques et autres .
We might note that the "wise" AAP and Judge Murphy have undone the early new ACIP recommendations to remove aluminum from the multishot vials. Another, sin if you would, that is being lost to pursuit by the Justice/HHS decision not to pursue.
The ACIP Panel recommended against it and Kennedy approved - no aluminum in vials for multiple shots. Murphy has ruled the panel and Kennedy were not in a position to change anything. The Judge's injunction isn't being challenged. So the manufacturers can do as they please. If adding the aluminum compound back in is useful to them, it's their call. Since they had it in, before ACIP's recommendation, they may go back to it.
We don't honestly know if they ever made the change, because I believe that they were allowed to continue to use all existing stock. Knowing a reversal was likely, may have just dragged their feet.
En France , on recommande les vaccins au troisième trimestre de grossesse avec des vaccins contenant de l'aluminium . BOOTRIXTETRA ( coqueluche , diphtérie , tétanos ,polio ) .
Contenant : ¹Adsorbé sur hydroxyde d’aluminium hydraté (Al(OH)3)......................... 0,3 milligrammes Al3+ et phosphate d’aluminium (AlPO4).................................................... . 0,2 milligrammes Al3+ Soit 500 microgrammes d'aluminium pour un foetus de 2kg à 3 kg en moyenne . L'aluminium est injecté dans le sang par le muscle . Il n'est donc pas éliminé du tout , puisqu'il va franchir toutes les barrières ( barrière placentaire ). Le CDC considère normal un taux d'aluminium de 850 microgrammes pour un adulte de 75 kg . Sans aucune donnée toxicologique . Aucune limite réglementaire concernant la teneur en aluminium des vaccins n'a été établie sur la base d'études toxicologiques. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40876523/ 6.1.
Title, Aug 26, 2025, "Regulatory limits of aluminium content of vaccines have not been set based on toxicological studies"
A quote from the study's Abstract says it ALL:
"There is an urgent need for independent pharmacokinetic and toxicological studies, transparent access to proprietary adjuvant compound, and a comeback to safer alternatives such as biocompatible calcium phosphate. Updating these standards is crucial for strengthening public confidence in vaccination policies."
La FDA a autorisé l'utilisation de l'aluminium dans les vaccins sur la base d'une étude menée sur quatre lapins blancs de Nouvelle-Zélande [le Dr Toby Rogers souligne que l'échantillon de l'étude doit être de 30 ou plus]. Aucun test cognitif n'a été effectué sur les lapins, comme la navigation dans un labyrinthe. Les données sur l'un des lapins ont été perdues. Au bout de 28 jours, les lapins ont été sacrifiés. Les résultats étaient terrifiants. De l'aluminium a été trouvé dans le cœur, le foie, les reins et le cerveau des lapins. Et pourtant, la FDA a autorisé l'utilisation de l'aluminium dans les vaccins sur la base de cette étude. La présence d'aluminium [une neurotoxine connue] dans le cerveau est acceptable aux yeux de la très douce FDA.
La FDA se soucie-t-elle vraiment de notre sécurité et de notre santé ?
"The FDA approved the use of aluminum in vaccines based on a study conducted on four New Zealand white rabbits [Dr. Toby Rogers points out that a study sample should be 30 or more]. No cognitive tests, such as maze navigation, were performed on the rabbits. Data from one of the rabbits was lost. After 28 days, the rabbits were euthanized. The results were alarming: aluminum was found in the hearts, livers, kidneys, and brains of the rabbits. And yet, the FDA approved the use of aluminum in vaccines based on this study. The presence of aluminum [a known neurotoxin] in the brain is considered acceptable by the supposedly gentle FDA.
Does the FDA truly care about our safety and health?
I am speechless."
Amrouche, I am Angry. Please, never be speechless. We must all, Shout out the Truths. Bobby Kennedy's mantra, is mine too ...
Il y a pres de vingt ans , alors que l’on connaissait déjà la toxicité de l’aluminium , les chercheurs de Pasteur Merieux avaient mis au point un adjuvant à base de phosphate de calcium . Mais lorsque Merieux racheta Pasteur Vaccins , les vaccins à base de phosphate de calcium furent mis aux oubliettes . Il est permis de se demander pourquoi , étant donné que la toxicité du thimerosal était déjà évidente et celle de l’hydroxyde d’aluminium certaine .
En 1986 on retire tous les phosphates de calcium et on fait disparaître le DTP sans adjuvant qui fonctionnait depuis 40 ans . Toxicité de l’aluminium .
The plastics in clothing that we wear next to our skin; we wash our clothes and put more microplastics in our water, we put them in the dryer to melt a wee bit more and spew more microplastics into the air we breathe...I can't wear that stuff, my skin hates it. Plastics may have been our future but they could also be our death knell. Strangest thing was phasing out all the plastic bags in grocery stores in order to be more "green", when almost everything in the grocery store is wrapped or packaged in plastic. Humans are a strange species.
Average American has a 78 year unhealthy life span. Should be at least 10 years longer if we all got behind RFK Jr. goals including taking the chemicals out of what we eat and how these GRAS chemicals that the FDA has said are generally safe, which they are not when the cumulative effect of a myriad of the GRAS chemicals being ingested are toxic. Call out all the front groups and Congressman that are working diligently to discredit RFK Jr and his vision for a healthier America. That should be our focus. Very disappointed that the Blue Zone BS article was published. Talk about the Bis phenyl A in clear plastic water bottles that are a estrogen interrupter. Billions and billions produced annually and the continued ingestion of trace doses add up to feminization in males. Blue Zones are real, packaged food products wrapped in plastic are not the rule and we can argue about why blue zones exist, but we also need to be balanced in the discussion. My view here: https://thomasabraunrph.substack.com/p/blue-zones-are-real.
Malheureusement , l'espérance de vie aux Etats Unis a considérablement diminué . C'est la plus mauvaise de tous les pays riches et se retrouve même en dessous de Cuba .
Dont les dernières années de vies , en mauvaise santé avec de nombreuses maladies chroniques .
Ce n'est pas les médicaments qu'il faut rembourser , mais les activités physiques , les nutritionistes , les cours de cuisine , etc ...
Translated: "Unfortunately, life expectancy in the United States has significantly decreased. It is now the lowest among all wealthy countries and has even fallen below that of Cuba.
The final years of life are often spent in poor health, burdened by numerous chronic diseases.
Instead of reimbursing medications, we should be funding physical activities, nutritionists, cooking classes, etc."
thanks for your article. I personally cannot live without fiber. I cannot "process" whole milk which I crave without fiber. I avoid processed all purpose white flour but still use it sparingly in somethings. Oat bran, brussels sprouts broccoli one or all most days of the week. My cousin lived in the beautiful Loma Linda area for a while and totally agrees. The fourth commandment of a Sabbath is is probably the most broken commandment. I know it is for me.
Every few years, we're told that the (now) older version of PVC isn't safe. Now it's all "PEX" tubing to your faucets. They're already saying that's unsafe too. Both materials shed microplastics. PEX is polythylene and PVC is polyvinyl chloride. Our one year old house on a well is pumping this garbage into my drinking water. I did have them use copper line for just the kitchen tap.
BPA and Additives: While often marketed as "BPA-free," PEX pipes have been found to leach a variety of chemicals, including MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) and other antioxidants or stabilizers added to the plastic to prevent degradation.
Permeability: PEX is semi-permeable. This is a critical, often overlooked risk; it allows chemicals from the surrounding environment—such as solvents, pesticides, or petroleum products in the soil—to permeate through the pipe wall and contaminate the drinking water inside.
Can you imagine what we could do if we stopped wasting money on idiotic "green" initiatives (offshore wind turbines and "carbon capture", for example) and used the funds to clean up the plastic pollution instead?
The main reason this is not happening is, to my mind, because "climate catastrophe" has become a profitable business, and those profiteering from it are not interested in conversations about the real problem.
I consume 12-14 supplements/day, all encased in plastic, mixing in water/coconut milk, would make me puke. Damned if I do, damned if I don’t! I’ve transitioned from plastic when using microwave, to glass. Storing in refrigerator must include avoiding plastic bags. I bought vacuum sealers for glass jars, included with vacuum, are plastic bags. Buyer beware!
Pretty sure I microwaved everything in plastic until a few years ago. I should be the wife in the Incredibles by now.
Yup, me too. I got rid of my microwave, and plastic bottles. Yet I still find myself buying something without thinking about the plastic. I even found non-plastic wrap for food, compostable but annoying to use.
I caught onto the plastic problem a few years back and completely purged my kitchen of ALL plastic. Today I only use glass canning jars with screw on metal lids.
I use parchment paper to wrap meat/chicken/cheese. Then, I put most of my meat & dairy hard cheese & wrapped meats in the compostable bags, then freeze the meat/chicken. Not sure if I’m helping my intake of microplastics in this way, but I’m hopeful it’s going to help me.
I have long suspected that what makes parchment paper non-stick is our old friend Teflon. Oven-safe up to 425 degrees......
Could be…but, I use it to wrap hard cheese, the unbleached parchment paper. Never use it in the oven..!
Can you share? I tried one, and it was a pain to use (sorry; don't remember the brand).
COMPOSTIC / compostable cling wrap. There is a perforated tear line that I found after struggling to tear it; nope. Cut it; nope. Now that I know how to use it better, I will buy it again.
Thank you!
😂😂
Incredible!
I was amused at the recent article I read on how researchers were finding "microplastics" in all the experimental tissues they were analyzing - because their gloves were coated with it!!
Saw this before I posted! Good point
And, the study that said our brains were full of plastics later acknowledged that the "signal" for plastics is the same as for fat. So, we could just all be fat heads. Ha! Anyone have the link handy?
Yes, great point!
There is currently no medically proven method to completely flush microplastics from the human body. However, scientific research indicates that the body does naturally eliminate some particles through standard waste processes, and certain lifestyle habits may support these natural pathways.
Here is what they say:
Natural Elimination Processes
The human body naturally expels some microplastics through its built-in detoxification systems:
Digestive Tract: Many ingested microplastics, particularly larger ones, pass through the colon and are excreted via feces.
Liver and Kidneys: These organs help filter foreign substances from the blood, though microplastics may sometimes accumulate in them over time.
Perspiration: Some plastic-related chemicals, like Bisphenol A (BPA), can be excreted through sweat.
Strategies to Support Detoxification
While there is no "quick fix," experts suggest ways to assist the body's natural purification processes:
High-Fiber Diet: Eating fiber-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, and legumes can help trap microplastics in the gut and facilitate their removal through stool.
Probiotics: Early research suggests that certain probiotic strains may bind to plastic particles in the gut, aiding in their excretion.
Antioxidant Support: Consuming antioxidants (such as Vitamins C, E, and anthocyanins found in berries) may help counter the oxidative stress and inflammation caused by lingering particles.
Regular Physical Activity: Exercise and sauna promotes sweating and healthy bowel movements, both of which are primary elimination routes.
Proper Hydration: Drinking plenty of filtered water supports kidney function in flushing waste from the blood.
************
Filter Your Water: Use a high-quality filter (like Reverse Osmosis) to remove particles from tap water.
Avoid Heating Plastic: Heat accelerates the leaching of microplastics. Never microwave food in plastic containers; use glass or ceramic instead.
Choose Natural Fibers: Opt for clothing made of cotton or wool rather than synthetic fabrics like polyester, which shed microplastics during wear and washing.
Switch Containers: Replace plastic water bottles and cutting boards with stainless steel, glass, or wood alternatives
"Superwash" wool doesn't felt in the wash because the fibers are coated with....plastic! Wash it by hand, folks, it's even possible to do it in hot water, as spinners and weavers have known for centuries.
And what, really, is Mr Gates' A-Peel coating for keeping produce fresh and nutritious, and to cut down on waste? Hmmmm?
My vision of the marketers of bottled water, chortling and rubbing their hands and saying, "D'ya think we can sell them air next?" was not nearly cynical enough.
One word, "plastics".
Interesting points, thanks for the update.
Great pointers/tips! I do cook & use stainless, & more glass bakeware now. I do like my Bamboo cutting board, it easy to clean with lemons! I don’t have or use plastic bottles, & never liked them. But, a couple of my metal water containers have a plastic top!.
Recently, I stopped recycling all plastic. I still buy stuff packaged in plastic, but 100 percent of the empties and other waste plastic goes into the regular trash. I believe one source of environmental microplastic contamination is the recycling process. Admittedly, this may be wrong, but I think plastic recycling has other problems that outweigh any putative benefit.
We don't recycle either. It only makes sense that recycled plastic would be more prone to shedding the micro particles. And the law of unintended consequences beyond that outweighs any perceived benefit. Not to mention, I would like to see some undercover journalism as to what really happens at some recycling dumps.
An honest investigative report would be welcome. Beyond microplastic, I wonder about the harsh chemicals involved and the waste/pollution generated by recycling. The economics are another key angle.
The folks in this state are heavily into recycling. Even invested in two types of public containers. On the other hand I've read that it's a wasted effort and ends up as trash. Locally the County is heavily pushing every resident subscribe to heat pumps (and solar psnels). Tossed the instructions.
Yes. It's my understanding that any plastic that goes into a recycle bin ends up going into a landfill. The plastic manufacturers want to encourage the idea that their products can be recycled when, in fact, they won't be.
Most recycling is a feel-good exercise. It's usually much cheaper to make new, largely because plastics and glass are often too dirty to use without expensive cleaning. For a long time recently, mu county's trash facility said to stop recycling glass, 'cause they couldn't sell it. I think they're taking it again these days. Aluminum and cardboard are money-makers most of the time, as I understand. Most of the rest goes into the garbage. Go tour your local trash disposal facility sometime.
I think these recycling efforts are for two things: gaining compliance of the masses, and virtue signaling. In Europe, it feels like a shameful thing if you don't do it.
California is recycle mania central. Yet I've read a number of times that they no longer actually separate and recycle things any more....although they pretend to. I saw a photo of a double garbage container...the hole on the top of one side was for plastics and recyclables, the other side for garbage. That was for inside the store and for appearances. In reality, both parts joined together and merged inside the container and all of it got disposed of as garbage.
They're training us to be good little rule followers. Baaa. Baaa.
Sounds like another not so silent anymore mass extinction event....between plastic and COVID issues it seems like we're toast. At least wine and bourbon come in bottles and I only use spring water ice with the later and both in crystal glasses!
N1, Some crystal can contain lead, my older Waterford contains lead, the newer 2020-2023, have new no lead manufacturing.
Indeed, death at every turn it seems! Thanks for the insight. :-)
Oh geeze, I have my coffee in crystal coffee cups- but, it’s not Waterford. I guess I’m toast then as well…my coffee cup!
There ya go…I do buy wine in the bottle, & never bought the boxed wine. I like a good Merlot from a great vineyard!
Patricia, check out Benziger wines, biodynamic, organic and sustainable choices. They use the old growing techniques from Rudolf Steiner.
Hey, I will check Benziger out, & see if I find this in my area. I’m not familiar with Rudolf Steiner, but will research his techniques. I found Bread & Butter vineyards out of CA, not sure if they are in the Napa or Sonoma valley, but their Melot is really smooth. Thank you DD!
Is this the same Rudolf Steiner of Waldorf School fame? And he was in to winemaking too? What a Renaissance man. : )
Great, but how does your spring water arrive?
In plastic of course!
My problem, too, with the distilled water I buy. 🤷🏻♀️
Have read enough to know that the caution emphasized in this article is fully warranted.
However, as a soon to be 84 year old marathon runner with really strongly ingrained habits and a strong sense of gratitude for the convenience many of these sources of microplastics provide, I do wonder if I should confine my worries to things that are much more likely to kill me than bottled water and food microwaved in the. containers in which it came. 🙂🙂🙂
The problem is that the great majority of humans are very poor at both absolute and relative risk assessment.
Sadly, I have been drinking Celestial Seasonings tea for decades, and I now I discovered that the teabags contain plastic which is released into the tea. I am actually deeply upset by this, because I simply didn't know.
The tea leaves in the mesh containers have microplastics in them? I’m upset also; I buy Celestial Seasonings tea, & then make sun tea in a glass jar.
I highly recommend the OXO brand tea diffuser. Fits any sized cup, even the deep Yeti SS, and the lid serves as a saucer. Don't know that it makes a bit of difference, but since I had a lot of tea in bags, I now cut open the bags and put the tea in the diffuser. Maybe the holes in the diffuser will trap some of the plastic that was in my tea too. Ha!
This might help to correct their behavior. I too have used their tea since it was created in Boulder, CO in the 70s.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-celestial-seasonings-to-make-its-tea-plastic-free/
I actually saw that, but maybe we just need to boycott them a la Bud Light
Wow! Crazy! We look back on the use of lead pewter for eating and drinking materials and laugh at how crazy that was. Future generations will look at our use of plastics the same way.
I switched to glass, steel, and ceramic many years ago, and I’ve worn cotton, wool, and silk clothing for years, as polyester has always been irritating to my skin. Yet my brother, who still lives in Switzerland where I was raised, told me just two days ago that they are finding microplastics in cow’s milk—even from cows raised high up in alpine pastures!!! Where is it safe to live nowadays?
QUESTION, Dr. M? WHAT "group" of patients had NO plastic clogging their arteries?
To date, Dr. M has not responded to this question.
Spit balling here - but I'm assuming there is ZERO chance Aluminum will be a potential target for Maha. Plastics, yep, harmful. But Aluminum seems in the Wowsers Harmful category! And the double wammy in many products is the plastic liner, supposedly protecting the product from the aluminum in the packaging or the product! I doubt that plastics, or aluminum will be touched by, our now changed (in my opinion), Maga Trump admin. Dear Lord, if they did so, corporations / elites / the stock market would Cry, this will make us POOR! or This is not a Win!
*Link to Dr. Chris Exley's stack, "Mr. Aluminum", with some discussion of packaging, using plastics to protect from the alum can, or box liner, for ex. - comments on his stacks are often very helpful, as quite often, he replies to Q's posed. https://drchristopherexley.substack.com/p/wearing-my-tin-hat-again/comments#comment-78645164
*Link - to answer my, Why not mention Alum?, We KNOW, Aluminum is way more troublesome for us all vs microplastics ... Dr. Exley, last year, in this stack, poses reasons why Maha does not dare (yet) to mention Aluminum. https://drchristopherexley.substack.com/p/read-all-about-it
*Link - a moving Highwire episode, beginning to end. #123, Aug, 2019- It begins with Del Bigtree, after he attended the 13th Keele Meeting on Aluminum held in Mexico. Great discussion about a study "pulled" by an unknown entity, the paper proved Alum in vaccines, harmed, that it was NOT SAFE. This was the last Keele Univ meeting on Aluminum, after many years, the meetings started in 1995. Keele Univ's research on Alum was shut down.
https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/the-smoking-gun-aluminum/?st=aluminum&pg=2
****Last week, on a flight, I was seated next to a 10yo boy with Autism and his mother. He was presevereing "I want to go home" and self-stimming the entire trip. She, of course, was an amazing mom. Sadly though, she told me her doctor told her, "It's genetic."
*One more - link to Alum Research Group's website. Their research needs to continue. https://www.aluminiumresearchgroup.com/
**I have a bottle of champagne, from a Patriot company - saved for the day, Maha, and the knowing ones, who can Create Solutions, can Openly talk about the harms of Aluminum.
Isn't fluoride a by-product of aluminum processing? The stuff that two nutters said would fix dental caries in the 40's or 50's and then it worked its way into drinking water? Nice we can help the aluminum industry dump their toxic waste.
Aluminum is the elephant in the room, but not in the way you describe. Fluoride's actual HUGE concern is best explained by Dr. Chris Exley. In doing your own research, enter words like, Fluoride and Aluminum. Add 'gut' to that mix!
Link - One of Dr. E's stacks (free) on this dangerous combination, of Fluoride and Aluminum. Of course, never is the Aluminum aspect mentioned, typical of the establishment, still covering up- so, to not offend the Big $$ Aluminum Industry/ our current Admin, too, sad to say. https://drchristopherexley.substack.com/p/water-fluoridation (he has many stacks on this subject, use Search on his substack)
Link - 2014 article, in Psychology Today! by Mario Garrett PhD, "Fluorine attaches to aluminum and influences its absorption." https://fluoridealert.org/news/is-dementia-caused-by-aluminum-through-fluoridation/
That was interesting. I knew it affected IQ in children but not why. Many US towns and cities have banned it. Many have not, including mine, and I got the institutional response -- "we follow what the FDA currently recommends."
Dr Chris Exley, « Mr. Aluminum » . Le plus grand spécialiste mondial de l'aluminium . Il alerte sur la toxicité de l'aluminium dans les vaccins pédiatriques et autres .
I believe translated: "The world's leading Aluminum expert. He warns about the toxicity of aluminum in pediatric and other vaccines."
Indeed, Amrouche!
We might note that the "wise" AAP and Judge Murphy have undone the early new ACIP recommendations to remove aluminum from the multishot vials. Another, sin if you would, that is being lost to pursuit by the Justice/HHS decision not to pursue.
WHY would
They allow aluminum again in any shots??
The ACIP Panel recommended against it and Kennedy approved - no aluminum in vials for multiple shots. Murphy has ruled the panel and Kennedy were not in a position to change anything. The Judge's injunction isn't being challenged. So the manufacturers can do as they please. If adding the aluminum compound back in is useful to them, it's their call. Since they had it in, before ACIP's recommendation, they may go back to it.
We don't honestly know if they ever made the change, because I believe that they were allowed to continue to use all existing stock. Knowing a reversal was likely, may have just dragged their feet.
Funny, not so funny, that you're asking, Why.
Why indeed.
En France , on recommande les vaccins au troisième trimestre de grossesse avec des vaccins contenant de l'aluminium . BOOTRIXTETRA ( coqueluche , diphtérie , tétanos ,polio ) .
Contenant : ¹Adsorbé sur hydroxyde d’aluminium hydraté (Al(OH)3)......................... 0,3 milligrammes Al3+ et phosphate d’aluminium (AlPO4).................................................... . 0,2 milligrammes Al3+ Soit 500 microgrammes d'aluminium pour un foetus de 2kg à 3 kg en moyenne . L'aluminium est injecté dans le sang par le muscle . Il n'est donc pas éliminé du tout , puisqu'il va franchir toutes les barrières ( barrière placentaire ). Le CDC considère normal un taux d'aluminium de 850 microgrammes pour un adulte de 75 kg . Sans aucune donnée toxicologique . Aucune limite réglementaire concernant la teneur en aluminium des vaccins n'a été établie sur la base d'études toxicologiques. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40876523/ 6.1.
Thank you, Armroche.
Title, Aug 26, 2025, "Regulatory limits of aluminium content of vaccines have not been set based on toxicological studies"
A quote from the study's Abstract says it ALL:
"There is an urgent need for independent pharmacokinetic and toxicological studies, transparent access to proprietary adjuvant compound, and a comeback to safer alternatives such as biocompatible calcium phosphate. Updating these standards is crucial for strengthening public confidence in vaccination policies."
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/scientists-publish-map-aluminum-vaccines-can-cause-brain-injury-triggers-autism/
Aucune limite réglementaire concernant la teneur en aluminium des vaccins n’a été établi sur la base d’études toxicologiques.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40876523/
La FDA a autorisé l'utilisation de l'aluminium dans les vaccins sur la base d'une étude menée sur quatre lapins blancs de Nouvelle-Zélande [le Dr Toby Rogers souligne que l'échantillon de l'étude doit être de 30 ou plus]. Aucun test cognitif n'a été effectué sur les lapins, comme la navigation dans un labyrinthe. Les données sur l'un des lapins ont été perdues. Au bout de 28 jours, les lapins ont été sacrifiés. Les résultats étaient terrifiants. De l'aluminium a été trouvé dans le cœur, le foie, les reins et le cerveau des lapins. Et pourtant, la FDA a autorisé l'utilisation de l'aluminium dans les vaccins sur la base de cette étude. La présence d'aluminium [une neurotoxine connue] dans le cerveau est acceptable aux yeux de la très douce FDA.
La FDA se soucie-t-elle vraiment de notre sécurité et de notre santé ?
Je suis sans voix. »
Translated:
"The FDA approved the use of aluminum in vaccines based on a study conducted on four New Zealand white rabbits [Dr. Toby Rogers points out that a study sample should be 30 or more]. No cognitive tests, such as maze navigation, were performed on the rabbits. Data from one of the rabbits was lost. After 28 days, the rabbits were euthanized. The results were alarming: aluminum was found in the hearts, livers, kidneys, and brains of the rabbits. And yet, the FDA approved the use of aluminum in vaccines based on this study. The presence of aluminum [a known neurotoxin] in the brain is considered acceptable by the supposedly gentle FDA.
Does the FDA truly care about our safety and health?
I am speechless."
Amrouche, I am Angry. Please, never be speechless. We must all, Shout out the Truths. Bobby Kennedy's mantra, is mine too ...
SAVE A CHILD.
SAUVER UN ENFANT.
Il y a pres de vingt ans , alors que l’on connaissait déjà la toxicité de l’aluminium , les chercheurs de Pasteur Merieux avaient mis au point un adjuvant à base de phosphate de calcium . Mais lorsque Merieux racheta Pasteur Vaccins , les vaccins à base de phosphate de calcium furent mis aux oubliettes . Il est permis de se demander pourquoi , étant donné que la toxicité du thimerosal était déjà évidente et celle de l’hydroxyde d’aluminium certaine .
En 1986 on retire tous les phosphates de calcium et on fait disparaître le DTP sans adjuvant qui fonctionnait depuis 40 ans . Toxicité de l’aluminium .
Amrouche, If you are one of the scientists, hoping to do this research study, Thank You! :)
The plastics in clothing that we wear next to our skin; we wash our clothes and put more microplastics in our water, we put them in the dryer to melt a wee bit more and spew more microplastics into the air we breathe...I can't wear that stuff, my skin hates it. Plastics may have been our future but they could also be our death knell. Strangest thing was phasing out all the plastic bags in grocery stores in order to be more "green", when almost everything in the grocery store is wrapped or packaged in plastic. Humans are a strange species.
Average American has a 78 year unhealthy life span. Should be at least 10 years longer if we all got behind RFK Jr. goals including taking the chemicals out of what we eat and how these GRAS chemicals that the FDA has said are generally safe, which they are not when the cumulative effect of a myriad of the GRAS chemicals being ingested are toxic. Call out all the front groups and Congressman that are working diligently to discredit RFK Jr and his vision for a healthier America. That should be our focus. Very disappointed that the Blue Zone BS article was published. Talk about the Bis phenyl A in clear plastic water bottles that are a estrogen interrupter. Billions and billions produced annually and the continued ingestion of trace doses add up to feminization in males. Blue Zones are real, packaged food products wrapped in plastic are not the rule and we can argue about why blue zones exist, but we also need to be balanced in the discussion. My view here: https://thomasabraunrph.substack.com/p/blue-zones-are-real.
Malheureusement , l'espérance de vie aux Etats Unis a considérablement diminué . C'est la plus mauvaise de tous les pays riches et se retrouve même en dessous de Cuba .
Dont les dernières années de vies , en mauvaise santé avec de nombreuses maladies chroniques .
Ce n'est pas les médicaments qu'il faut rembourser , mais les activités physiques , les nutritionistes , les cours de cuisine , etc ...
Translated: "Unfortunately, life expectancy in the United States has significantly decreased. It is now the lowest among all wealthy countries and has even fallen below that of Cuba.
The final years of life are often spent in poor health, burdened by numerous chronic diseases.
Instead of reimbursing medications, we should be funding physical activities, nutritionists, cooking classes, etc."
Amen.
C'est vrai!
thanks for your article. I personally cannot live without fiber. I cannot "process" whole milk which I crave without fiber. I avoid processed all purpose white flour but still use it sparingly in somethings. Oat bran, brussels sprouts broccoli one or all most days of the week. My cousin lived in the beautiful Loma Linda area for a while and totally agrees. The fourth commandment of a Sabbath is is probably the most broken commandment. I know it is for me.
Wonder if we are getting plastic from the white plastic piping in our homes and delivery manes.
Every few years, we're told that the (now) older version of PVC isn't safe. Now it's all "PEX" tubing to your faucets. They're already saying that's unsafe too. Both materials shed microplastics. PEX is polythylene and PVC is polyvinyl chloride. Our one year old house on a well is pumping this garbage into my drinking water. I did have them use copper line for just the kitchen tap.
BPA and Additives: While often marketed as "BPA-free," PEX pipes have been found to leach a variety of chemicals, including MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) and other antioxidants or stabilizers added to the plastic to prevent degradation.
Permeability: PEX is semi-permeable. This is a critical, often overlooked risk; it allows chemicals from the surrounding environment—such as solvents, pesticides, or petroleum products in the soil—to permeate through the pipe wall and contaminate the drinking water inside.
Can you imagine what we could do if we stopped wasting money on idiotic "green" initiatives (offshore wind turbines and "carbon capture", for example) and used the funds to clean up the plastic pollution instead?
The main reason this is not happening is, to my mind, because "climate catastrophe" has become a profitable business, and those profiteering from it are not interested in conversations about the real problem.
I consume 12-14 supplements/day, all encased in plastic, mixing in water/coconut milk, would make me puke. Damned if I do, damned if I don’t! I’ve transitioned from plastic when using microwave, to glass. Storing in refrigerator must include avoiding plastic bags. I bought vacuum sealers for glass jars, included with vacuum, are plastic bags. Buyer beware!
I think the supplements that are organic are enclosed in vegetable gelatin.
It would be great, if that’s the case.
Read the ingredents on the product label.
Most of the products I consume, have no info on vegetable based.