Your brain on microplastics?

[TaperPin]

Micro plastics come from cutting boards, plastic cooking spoons, plastic of any kind that comes in contact with anything going in our bodies. It also comes from synthetic fibers that flake off our clothes and we inhale or ingest.

The fluoride conspiracy theory has been tossed around for decades. While it’s true fluoride can and has killed people in high doses, in the normal range it’s pretty harmless and the reduction in cavities is something that affects a person throughout their life.

I flew into an Alaskan village sitting next to a dentist after the community decided to turn off the fluoride injection. The dentist said in a matter of months the number of cavities increased 10x. 10x is a lot.

Some old fluoride injectors only had single redundancy and a malfunction could result in fluoride poisoning. There was a death in Alaska. All new fluoride injectors have a double redundant system that is much safer.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199401133300203

 

[JDT1982]

It not only affects your brain. It negatively affects your testosterone levels and reproductive health. Joe Rogan had a podcast with Dr. Shanna Swan covering the effects of microplastics on our health.

 

[Customweld]

Micro plastics come from cutting boards, plastic cooking spoons, plastic of any kind that comes in contact with anything going in our bodies. It also comes from synthetic fibers that flake off our clothes and we inhale or ingest.

The fluoride conspiracy theory has been tossed around for decades. While it’s true fluoride can and has killed people in high doses, in the normal range it’s pretty harmless and the reduction in cavities is something that affects a person throughout their life.

I flew into an Alaskan village sitting next to a dentist after the community decided to turn off the fluoride injection. The dentist said in a matter of months the number of cavities increased 10x. 10x is a lot.

Some old fluoride injectors only had single redundancy and a malfunction could result in fluoride poisoning. There was a death in Alaska. All new fluoride injectors have a double redundant system that is much safer.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199401133300203

Plastic utensils, non stick cookware, micro fleece. Non stick coatings on food wrappers. Micro plastics are everywhere.

 

[dirtshooter]

We went fluoride free toothpaste in our house, no issues for the last 4 years. Those with bad teeth are either unfortunate to inherit them by genetics or they neglected their teeth since they were a child. Mouth health is extremely important to regular health. Fluoride is terrible for you.

 

[whiskybiker]

Instead of putting questionable chemicals in our water to fix problems. We could just cut back on all the excess sugars and crap food. You know-the real causes of all those cavities.....

 

[SloppyJ]

100% agreed. The big stuff like cardiovascular health, cholesterol, etc are many many orders of magnitude higher on the impact and likelihood scale.

I’m in the water industry and there have been cases of enterprising utilities getting fined for violations for what they put in the pipes while they get away with bottling the same stuff for a long time. Now if the bottlers have higher standards they hold themselves to that’s a separate matter. In general, I’m sure they do

Well the article claims that our brains are 1/200 plastics now. For example, what effects does this have on the aging of the brain? What if it shaves off a couple years of strong brain function? Not saying it does or doesn’t, but life expectancy has greatly increased since we started using plastics so we could easily just not now yet

Just wanted to say hi to a fellow water industry professional. What do you do?

 

[Poser]

Instead of putting questionable chemicals in our water to fix problems. We could just cut back on all the excess sugars and crap food. You know-the real causes of all those cavities.....

And teach and practice proper dental hygiene.


Side note: I’ve been using floss made from compressed plant fiber (in an effort to reduce some exposure to plastics) for a couple of years now. It’s pricey but performs just as well, even slightly better since it’s has a bit more texture.

 

[BFM]

Avoid plastic as much as reasonably possible.
Filter tap water. https://www.usaberkeyfilters.com/products/big-berkey-water-filter/
Fluoride free toothpaste.
Dentists give you cavities. I haven't been to a dentist in 20 years, I've never had a cavity once in my life.