#095 What Microplastics Are Doing to Your Brain, Body, and Reproductive Systems
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Sep 19, 2024
Microplastics are now found in breast milk, our bloodstream, and even our brains, raising alarming health concerns. Everyday habits mean we ingest plastic equivalent to a credit card weekly. The podcast discusses how these particles affect brain development, reproductive health, and even link to cancer risks. It highlights the penetration of harmful chemicals through the blood-brain barrier and into major organs. Practical strategies to reduce exposure and improve water safety are also shared, urging listeners to reconsider their daily choices.
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Microplastic Accumulation
Microplastics, ranging from grain-of-rice size to nanoplastics, accumulate in organs.
They're ingested/inhaled from various sources, posing a significant health risk.
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Microplastic Entry Routes
Microplastics primarily enter our bodies through oral ingestion and inhalation.
Sources include tap/bottled water, food, utensils, and even the air.
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Harmful Chemicals in Plastics
Microplastics carry harmful chemicals like BPA, BPS, phthalates, and PFAS.
Heating plastic increases chemical leaching, especially with acidic/fatty foods.
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Every week, the average person ingests the equivalent weight of a credit card in plastic.* While certain preventive measures can significantly reduce your intake of these harmful substances, it’s crucial to acknowledge a more daunting concern: the bioaccumulation of microplastics in the brain, potentially at ten times the rate of other organs. Microplastics and their associated chemicals are alarmingly ubiquitous — they permeate breast milk, sperm, the hippocampus, the prefrontal cortex, the air we breathe, medications, the water supply, and our bloodstream, accumulating in most major organ systems. During this episode, we’ll explore the unsettling realities of microplastics and their associated chemicals, diving into how they infiltrate nearly every facet of our environment and body, and discuss actionable strategies to reduce exposure.
* Some sources suggesting this figure may need to be revised downward as a result of some disagreement on the math used. However, in spite of this lack of consensus, the human and animal intake of microplastics is substantial and pervasive.
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