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Health
Can microplastics affect your mood?
The gut-brain axis, plastic exposure, and what the research does and doesn't say
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Everything published on the Journal: our articles, research digests, and links we share.
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Plastic in the brain: reading past the headlines
The Nature Medicine study, the dementia link, and what a careful reader should actually take from it
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Water filters and microplastics: what actually works
Reading the claims on the box against the actual research
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Solutions
We calculated the carbon footprint of our own product. Here’s what we found.
A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of Winnow, and why the answer was mostly about shipping, not packaging.
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What microplastics do — and don’t do — to your skin
The barrier, the exposure routes, and what the research is honest about
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Microplastics, follicular fluid, and IVF: What the first human studies actually show
Plastic particles have now been reported in the fluids that surround eggs and sperm. The harder question is whether they are simply present, or whether they are beginning to interfere with fertilization itself.
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Solutions
Beyond “third-party testing”
The role of ISO 17025 labs in supplement integrity
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Exposure
The microplastics your breathe
Where they come from, where they go, and one surprisingly important handoff
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Solutions
Why detox is the wrong word
A steadier kind of support for a plastic filled world
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Solutions
Can you take something that binds plastic in your gut?
The two mechanisms being studied — living probiotics and non-living fibers — and where the evidence really sits
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The challenge of measuring plastics in humans
What the science can see, what it can’t, and why the honest answer lives between dismissal and alarm
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Exposure
Microplastics in baby-food pouches: what the research actually shows
Where the particles likely come from, why infants are more sensitive to them, and a few simple swaps parents can make today
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