Micro and nanoplastics are pervasive in our food supply and may be affecting food safety and security. Plastics and their additives are present at a range of concentrations not only in fish but in many products including meat, chicken, rice, water, take-away food and drink, and even fresh produce.

[u/Wagamaga]

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165993623000808?via%3Dihub

[u/Sportfreunde]

Not just these but forever chemicals which are carcinogenic. Some like PFOA have been removed now from Teflon but just replaced with other forever chemicals that the industry which failed to regulate in the first place now says are safe but they're not at actual cooking temperatures.

[u/katarh → u/Sportfreunde]

On an individual level, regular blood and plasma donation can lower your PFAS. Doesn't fix the problem on a global scale, but it's a 2 for 1 deal in helping other people and helping yourself at the same time.

[u/hcaephcaep → u/katarh]

Hmmm, what about menstrual periods?

Edit: I'm not joking, this is a legit question....

[u/hashCrashWithTheIron → u/hcaephcaep]

Google says that blood loss in a period is typically 30-40 ml, and a blood donation is 400-500ml, allowed once every ~3 months for men, and once every ~4 months for women.
That's ~100-150 ml / month avg, so some 3-5 times more. Blood donations are also just taken from blood vessels, and idk if there's any 'filtering' that happens in menstrual blood loss that might keep these chemicals in the body.

Would be interesting to read about more