How Do Microplastics Get In — and How Can We Reduce Them?

Aleiah Kennedy

2d • Education

Here’s how microplastics sneak into our daily lives:

🌬 Breathing them in: Synthetic clothing, home dust, and city air carry plastic fibers.

🥤 Drinking them: Bottled water contains more microplastics than tap.

🍽 Eating them: Seafood, processed foods, and even fruits/veggies exposed to polluted soil or water.

🔥 Heating plastics: Takeout containers, coffee cups, and microwaved plastic leach particles.

✅ Prevention tips you can start TODAY:

Choose glass or stainless steel over plastic bottles and containers.
Vacuum and dust regularly to reduce microplastic-filled household dust.
Wash new clothes before wearing (they shed a lot at first). Get 100% cotton when you can.
Avoid heating food in plastic or Styrofoam containers.
Invest in a water filter that removes microplastics.

⚡ Which one of these prevention tips feels easiest for you to start with — and which feels like the hardest habit to change?

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