Your kettle, your coffee, and microplastics
What a 2025 study found about polypropylene kettles — and a few simple swaps that sidestep the problem
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What a 2025 study found about polypropylene kettles — and a few simple swaps that sidestep the problem
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What in vitro studies, animal models, and one human dataset suggest about probiotics and plastic-associated endocrine disruptors
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A closer look at what heat does to the plastic touching your food, across the kitchen moments we rarely think about
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The thinking behind one of the most easily overlooked parts of the formula
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Systemic problems require systemic change. But that does not make personal action meaningless. The most honest response is to hold both truths at once.
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Why scientists are starting to call microplastics endocrine disruptors — and what that means for your thyroid, stress, and weight
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The organ that filters everything is in the crosshairs of a new line of research
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Microplastics and the biology of athletic performance
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A question we sometimes see, and what the literature actually supports.
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What in vitro and animal studies actually show, and why strain matters more than genus
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In an emerging field, certainty can be overstated. Here is how we read the evidence, and where it still leaves room for future work.
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Coffee itself is not the issue. The plastic touching it may be. A science-based look at microplastics in coffee, from paper cups to pods, and how to reduce exposure.
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