The truth is we're probably still unaware of the worst offenders but here how I go to reduce my exposure, in no particular order: Food: - avoid all that cam

The truth is we're probably still unaware of the worst offenders but here how I go to reduce my exposure, in no particular order: Food: - avoid all that came into contact with plastics, use glass containers - sea salt has microplastics in it, rock salt can be a better alternative - don't use plastic utensils or equipment, like plastic grinders - overall, avoir processed and packaged food, buying locally helps - eat smaller animals: bioaccumulation is worse in larger animals - I almost completely eliminated all seafood from my diet, if you want to eat fish, prefer the smaller ones Water: - use glass water bottles or reverse osmosis system that can filter smaller particles for drinking water - if you enjoy soda, you should know most of them are contaminated, that is because carbonation increases internal pressure and mechanical stress on the bottle walls, which can accelerate the degradation of the plastic and release of particles. And it gets worse: every time you open the bottle, the pressure release causes even more degradation - therefore for soda: use glass bottles too, cans are coated with plastic but not as bad as the bottles (they use epoxy resin which is more stable and the stress on cans is less than plastic bottles), but here glass is still king. - I use a service in my city that delivers boxes of glass water and soda, it probably exists in your city too and is more affordable than you might imagine Air: - there is not much you can do to avoid microplastics outside, car tires supposedly account for 28% of all microplastics entering the environement, avoid living close to busy street? Truth is we don't have enough studies and data to truly know about that - use an air purifying system for your home, the commercial ones are mostly bs, make yourself one with at high MERV rating (MERV 13 or above), there is a whole community of DIY builders, look it up - use a vacuum cleaner that uses bags and possibly has an HEPA filtering, this will prevent you from blowing all the microplastics that may have shed on your floor into the air, make sure to keep in properly maintained The typical advice also makes sense: avoid plastics in your clothes and in cosmetics, but I found these not always easy to apply and not as significant as the rest (water, food, air). So here's my bigger point: don't stress over removing all plastics from your life, it'll only make you miserable, pick your battles and make the changes where you can tolerate them, you'll probably be better off than most people.