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How we test for contaminants
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Health
A big number about plastic and preterm birth. And a quieter number that matters more.
What a new global estimate on phthalates and premature delivery actually says — and what it doesn’t
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Exposure
When plastic is the default, blame is cheap
Plastic waste is often framed as a personal failure. The truth is larger, and more structural, than that.
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Science
Tamarind and microplastics
A real research signal, an internet leap, and the study nobody can seem to find
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Health
APOE genotype and microplastic exposure
A technical deep dive into what the science shows and where the critical gaps remain
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Science
How microplastics slow down your immune cleanup crew
A new study from Memorial Sloan Kettering points to a specific mechanism
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Science
Do we just poop microplastics out?
A measured response to a common comment, and what the peer reviewed literature actually shows
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Health
The metabolic cost of plastic
How microplastics and nanoplastics may be quietly reshaping pancreatic function
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Health
Fertility, pregnancy, and plastic exposure
What the science suggests
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Exposure
The material shift
How modern life quietly changed our exposure landscape
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Science
The gastric imprint of microplastic exposure
How microplastics interact with the gut barrier, microbiome, and metabolic signaling
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Health
It's not just about mom: the paternal exposure window
What new research on fathers and microplastic exposure may mean for the next generation
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