New study finds plasticizers are found in most processed foods

Also known as phthalates, plasticizers are so common in our food that it might as well be an ingredient
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[@katryanaorange2092]

Thank you for reporting this! Sick and tired of this toxic shit, everywhere.

[@DaveSimkus]

See, you have to think a little more about this. Yeah, plastic isn't great, but it also allows food to be widely distributed and cheap for more people. It's not as simple as just putting everything in glass.

[@cupidok2768]

You can use seaweeds to make plastic

[@girlygirl1890]

@katryana Thank you for saying that. You've said what a lot of people are thinking!

[@Padraigp]

Yes and leaving it up to the consumer choice is ridiculous when there is no choice. They should just be banned. Also we need those petrochemicals for other things. Like we do need them for sterile medical equipment and disposable syringes where it makes sense to use them. And it has not made food less wasteful waste has increased and it doesn't make anything fresher or protected compared to the old crates. It makes no sense.

[@DixonButts-69]

Then make your own Bish

[@TimeFlyingBy1884]

At this point in time, I would be more surprised if something *DOESN'T* have any sort of harmful chemicals in it.

[@patmcbride9853]

Swallowing small amounts of saliva over long periods of time can increase the incidence of stomach cancer.

[@mvann5]

If thin plastic bags n saran are no good, what to wrap veggies or leftovers in??

[@areanaangel8964]

@@mvann5 aluminmum foil

[@SuperLiar101]

Because there's unnatural chemicals in every step of the food process its hard to escape. Gmo vegetables sprayed with pesticides, the run off gets into our water which the fishes get exposed to and then we eat those fishes, which then stored with plastic.

[@kerenkroll]

At this point, I would be shocked if our government was TRYING to lower our fertility rates

[@angelaj8958]

I am old enough to remember waxed paper as bags for cereals, to wrap your sandwiches in, paper milk cartons with paper straws, paper bags for produce. We managed to feed ourselves without plastic everywhere. It is convenient, but not recyclable, while paper can be.

[@hildahilpert5018]

I can remember that. when we would go on picnics momma would wrap sandwiches in wax paper or aluminum foil.

[@Hermes11332]

They purpose make plastic with harmful chemicals, they could of make them out of hemp or non-toxic things. Paper straws don’t work.

[@Hermes11332]

Aluminum is toxic

[@katherinem.4414]

YES!! Me too!!

[@katherinem.4414]

@@Hermes11332Paper straws worked years ago, they were thick enough, and did not leak…not sure how, but they worked!! You use them once, and that’s all. Sure, they can pinch partly closed, but just don’t do it. You can un-pinch them too, or get another one if too bent by accident.

[@Susan-j9z]

I remember peanut butter, mayo, jams and jellies, mustard, instant coffee to name a few came in glass with metal lids. Loaves of bread in wax paper, kid's and adults went off every morning with sandwiches wrapped in wax paper. My mother never bought paper towels. Need to drain grease off food - use a couple layers of paper bag. We saved rags which were worn out clothes for cleaning up messes. My mother made her own window cleaner and we used newspapers to clean the windows. It was better then and it is time to go back.

[@capriflorez7162]

True!

[@mvann5]

First lets get rid of smartphones!

[@HuxtableTV]

The window cleaner was vinegar in water.

[@EngieVid]

Time to bring back waxed paper bags, cups and glass bottles.

[@pepsico815]

Why did we stop to begin with? Oh, because it cut into corporate profits

[@TheDogPa]

Just bring back intelligence...BOOMERS...

[@MRFREEZE-c1j]

Beyond that, we've become a complacent ​Lazy society. We can.make so many things it's time consuming but worth it. @pepsico815

[@DxModel219]

@@pepsico815lawsuits too. someone must’ve gotten cut and sued.

[@user-ls2uq3pv1h]

Unfortunately, most waxed products have PFAS now...

[@Heemy706]

Why is stuff like this not a discussion during presidential debates or any at all.

[@babybaklavagus]

Because that would just make too much sense.

[@Renee-xo8hk]

RFK Jr talks about this

[@gwills9337]

Because we are cattle

[@CricketGirrl]

Half the country supports less regulation.

[@Heemy706]

@@CricketGirrl SMH we need regulation especially when it pertains to food, if not you can only fathom how processed food would be made. Bunch of fillers shortcuts to save money and so forth. Red 40 Blue , and yellow is already derived from petroleum oil. Forever chemicals and plastic throughout products. Roll back regulations and we will become sicker than what the nation is.

[@sunsetfoxx]

We are literally being poisoned.

[@findpurpose6300]

Not really, we choose to have an unnatural life. 😂 Or are you willing to go off grid and grow your own food? Totally plastic free life? Are you?

[@The.fruiting.chamber]

@@findpurpose6300 except we dont choose, we are FORCED, because there are no other options. Remember, it is the governments job to protect you and they have failed and fallen into the corporations hands. And realistically most cannot afford to buy land and build a home and build a greenhouse and build a barn for your animals. Its out of reach and thats why most are stuck in this cycle.

[@cattymajiv]

@@findpurpose6300 What useful purpose does your question serve? Please tell me.

[@weho_brian]

every bit of processed food has been dead for weeks if not years, you are literally eating death

[@kasiasobczyk6939]

​@@findpurpose6300 it has nothing to to do with "going of grid" Simple do not use plastic. Reduce when possible, don't buy anything in plastic jars, bottles, containers. That's what I've been doing for many years. You don't find plastics in my kitchen only glass and wood.

[@mbgrocott7115]

After having had cancer, this is something I have wondered about. When I had to stay in the hospital during part of my treatment, I thought it was ironic how much food I was given that was packaged in plastic while here I was, wondering about the role it may have played in my getting cancer.

[@jonathanchartrand3351]

Avoid food that's frozen inside plastic. When the food thaws, it picks up nanoparticles. Wash all your produce in salt water then rinse.

[@otallono]

It's impossible to know what caused your cancer. But there's a million factors. Even natural ones. But most people just take their doctors advice even though they literally want you to keep coming back, that's how they earn a living. They love prescribing drugs and treatments until you're gone and they have no use from you anymore. So they tell us don't eat meat, eat whole grains. Don't eat fat, that's bad for you, eat low fat foods high in sugar. Don't eat eggs and bacon which are basically super foods, eat bread, pasta, and other foods low in nutrients or nutrients you cannot even absorb. Don't just worry about plastic, worry about what they are telling you to eat. The food, medical and pharma industries are all in the same business. And look in to the Oreo vs Statins study. Cholesterol being an issue is a myth. Our brains are made of cholesterol and fat....yet we're terrified of it

[@prathamshenoy9840]

but aren't those medical tubes (drips) etc. plastic?

[@danielgranny2x522]

@@prathamshenoy9840exactly

[@danielgranny2x522]

This is why u probably have cancer not plastic no study show that it is plastic this why u got cancer smoking, getting too much ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun or tanning beds, being overweight or having obesity, and drinking too much alcohol. Not plastic everyone will have cancer then. People lived 100 years drinking from plastic.

[@jamesford6431]

It's rare to buy products in glass! Pretty much everything is all in plastics

[@RealMTBAddict]

All by design.

[@sl4983]

Glass bottles are available in nearly everything. Don't just get the first thing you grab, look for the glass jar option

[@Lunam1993-z8u]

@@sl4983okay what about bread can’t find bread in glass

[@desertmoonlee6631]

@@sl4983 goods with glass are rare and even more expensive.

[@wintersprite]

@@Lunam1993-z8uBread doesn’t come in a jar or container. There are bakery department breads that are sold in paper bags.

[@jmason61]

I heard this once: my grandparents lived most of their lives without ever touching anything plastic...it was all glass, wood, metals & fabric in everyday life

[@rawbacon]

And plastic is safer than all of those so you should outlive your Grandparents.

[@Youngstomata]

Yep. And they lived in lead paint buildings 😅

[@Bunnito-q2w]

@@rawbaconthan glass, cotton or stainless steel??? I don’t think plastic with phthalates are as chemically stable as glass and therefore the safety of this type of plastic becomes unknown.

[@JesseVenturaHat]

​@@Youngstomatastill live longer than us

[@TheMightyN]

@@Bunnito-q2w Glass is also made of plastic too. If you want authentic material use melt quench some minerals into actual glass.

[@Sesj02]

Well, you could first hold corporations accountable for their production of plastics. Whatever happened to the time when everything was in glass or paper bag?

[@jamesford6431]

Totally agree, but not just the corporations but governments to! They stopped glass due to health and safety issues, and it could be used as weapons when broken!? That's what I remember hearing years ago, plus they always mentioned that plastic is more Eco friendly!

[@MellowWind]

I first hold government responsible. It's a large part of their job to keep the public safe from harmful products. These things shouldn't even be legal, along with bee killing pesticides etc...

[@AR-mu4zq]

Or nothing at all. You could bring your own basket or bag like we did for centuries at market.

[@inquisitvem6723]

Peanut butter jar used to be in glass

[@inquisitvem6723]

So you need to remove grapes from the plastic when you get home and put them in your Pyrex glass containers.

[@greksmith1874]

It is brand new to me that these plasticizers are not bound to the actual plastica. Omg this is bad. Thank you for this reporting.

[@velvetchiharu]

Even worse, when you eat out many ingredients have been exposed to plastic. I ate a hip soup place, they make all their own soups from scratch, very popular local spot. They just serve you soup with break from a local bakery, very fast service. The guy went to refill the serving tray and he came back with a huge HOT PLASTIC BAG full of soup!!! And poured it right into the server like that! This may seem common if your work in food service since I’ve now seen the exact same thing at chipotle, I forget which hot ingredient it was, I think the beans? but it was poured out of a giant hot plastic bag. Even though they make their own soup they package it in plastic for ease of use.

[@youwish378]

I AM SICK OF THIS ! GLASS AND PAPER 😡🤬

[@Casca-su3ty]

Eat with your hands then

[@Debbie-henri]

Try and grow at least some of your own food. If you can at least cut down on the amount of plastic being consumed, you're still better off than most. You don't need a huge garden, many get by with a balcony to grow leafy greens and herbs (which are among the best for ridding your body of other toxins too). Plus, you can add a range of perennial plants to your garden so you don't have to work so hard at growing your own. Ostrich ferns for fiddleheads, red-leaved sorrel (not if you are susceptible to kidney stones), look into Day Lilies for edible species (these are nice in a stir fry. I cook the flower buds this way or add them to salad, where they have an egg-like taste. Also, the new Spring shoots are edible, and the tubers are too apparently). Perennial celery. Claytonia is great in damp, shady spots. Ransoms or Wild Garlic grows easily in damp soil. Bramble tips and nettle tops are good mixed into a curry or stew, the latter fine if stir fried sufficiently. Forced dandelions. Fuchsia fruits are like watery cherries, and hardy fuchsia bushes can grow pretty tall, loading themselves with berries. The more you look, the more good food you can grow with ease and all plastic free..

[@mickgatz214]

Petro chem company have to much influence. I miss the glass bottles...

[@DixonButts-69]

Make it yourself Bish

[@theonlycaulfield]

​@@Casca-su3tyYou'd rather eat with your hands than with metal utensils?

[@germanshepherd6638]

1923: lead in water 2023: plastic in water

[@chrisrm456]

They also put fluoride in our water

[@gkmwheelspin1207]

​@@chrisrm456Floride is fine to drink in moderation, in fact, it's good for teeth

[@Bonnie77133]

@@gkmwheelspin1207 They put fluoride in everything, not just the water. In fact, there's more fluoride in wine and tea than there is in tap water. They're poisoning you.

[@overtoke]

*still lead everywhere. many products are contaminated

[@katiejon17]

@@gkmwheelspin1207 No. That is the same garbage that this entire video is about. There is an entire other narrative that reminds us it is a neurotoxin, and shows us how it hurts us... even out teeth.

[@EarlyAmerican]

At this point I seriously just want to buy paper, glass and metal containers only. If companies switched over consumers would purchase it. I'm sick and tired of all of this toxic crap everywhere and am frustrated that microplastics are thought to be nearly impossible to remove from the environment.

[@dele098]

There is plastic coating inside metal cans not just soda but food too.

[@TheCharleseye]

They won't switch unless we demand it. That's what started this whole thing. The tree huggers convinced enough people that paper products were evil, that they started boycotting and demanding alternatives. We got it in the form of plastics. If we want it to go back, we have to do the same.

[@mangographics225]

As long as Corporations are the global financial control, they will do something when its easy and profitable for them. Not us.

[@HuxtableTV]

And they work for the stock market world and the whole thing gets corrupted and perverted. Financial people know only about finance, nothing else, but their knowledge there is limited, too. Cannot expect anything from those bullies.

[@TheCharleseye]

Now, make sure to give the right historical credit. Yes, petroleum companies ramped up production of plastics to make more money but only _after_ the tree huggers made so much noise about paper products being "evil" and needing alternatives. What we needed was expanded recycling of paper and sustainable forestry (both of which were starting to gain ground at that point) but the hippies opened the door for the plastic boom and many of them even applauded it.

[@Iog]

I cannot even begin to tell you how difficult it is to find a toothbrush without plastic bristles... it's like the old world truly is dead.

[@5pointview717]

@iog muslims are encouraged to use Siwak.

[@Iog]

@@5pointview717That's cool, but using a twig, for me at least, can seem unsafe unless it is sourced very well. I use boar hair bristle toothbrushes because although it can too collect bacteria, at least it can be boiled/ran through hot water to cleanse. That said, it concerns whether the boar hair tooth brushes I buy are really boar hair or plastic. And the quality of those boar hair at that, as to what kinds of antibiotic shots or foods that boar was consuming, etc. But would personally still risk it over plastic. Very surprising most ppl don't even care and continue to use nylon bristles.

[@blueseptember2174]

​@@Iogboar bristles are brutal on the hair strand. But besides that I read about 15 years ago they are pretty radioactive. Now, not sure how all that info stands up today.

[@Iog]

@@blueseptember2174 How can they be radioactive? Tried googling but couldn't find anything on that. Mind linking any sources? The thought really never occurred to me.

[@Iog]

@@blueseptember2174 after some little bit of research, it seems "For adults, the time required for radioactive cesium that enters the body to reduce to half is said to be about 70 days" according to most studies done. That said, you think it will cause cancer over prolonged use? Should I just then stick to plastic to be sure, or you think plastic is just as bad for your health? What do you do?

[@Kraliezec]

I've seen some places where they sell things wrapped in leaves, such as banana leaves. Now I see it's so much better than plastic.

[@r.francisco2014]

Here in the Philippines provinces, we use banana leaves to wrap our food. We have abundant of banana trees here hence more practical to use it than buying plastics

[@rawbacon]

Plastics are by far the best and safest way to store food, stop with the banana leaves idiocy.

[@DixonButts-69]

Start wrapping your dildos in banana leaves bish

[@Triadii]

You can probably get away with that in Indonesia and phillipines but not in any developed country

[@r.francisco2014]

Yeah, just sharing our way of living here. I did not say for developed countries like yours to do the same 🤣

[@smoochdawg4547]

It doesn't matter what it's wrapped in anymore! The food is also contaminated!

[@girlygirl1890]

@smoochdawg EXACTLY!!!! You have made the BEST point. Heck, I worry more about the food ITSELF, more so than the plastic.(lol).

[@nuckels188]

Intentionally

[@violetgentry9041]

We can avoid some Toxins so it matters what my food comes in, and I don't buy processed foods. I Cook from scratch.

[@capriflorez7162]

Corect! 😅😅😅😅...

[@sharinaross1865]

True.

[@DeniSoars]

I no longer judge those on social media who grow their own food, or are frequently preparing their meals COMPLETELY from scratch. I gotta go to the farmers market more often

[@lotus956]

People still wondering why cancer is going up. Smh

[@GodsSparrowSpeaks]

Thank you for this report!!! I’ve always despised plastic everything, but never repackaged most items once home due to cost of glass containers - will be doing that now….

[@Sumatra123]

I knew it was a bad idea for grocery stores to stop using paper sacks.

[@mr.stonerUDX714]

my store has always use paper bags they have never used plastic grocery bags ever!!!!

[@JesseVenturaHat]

That's the least of the problem

[@Butterfly1798]

This whole world is filled with horrible stuff

[@DaveSimkus]

Yes, but it is also this stuff that has lifted billions of people out of poverty.

[@magnetsandmercury]

We’ve been ‘lifted out of poverty’ aye? 100 years ago, the average common peasant owned (or had access and the right to cultivate) land enough to grow the vast majority of sustenance for oneself and kinfolk. Average folks would usually have at least a few items made from gold and silver (perhaps an heirloom set of silver plates, cups, dining utensils - a gold stopwatch, belt buckle or cuff links.. an ornately-carved jewelry box, hand-fashioned with artisan-pride and passed down through generations; its gilded lock and corresponding skeleton-key click open the latch, revealing a modest & cherished jewelry-cache: a ring, a brooch, a locket on a necklace chain - just a few things, but they’re things of real, lasting value, made with precious metals and gemstones..). The average work-a-day peasant of our modern, plastic-poisoned world has such an abundance of possessions that it causes a nuisance and eyesore, but what, if any of that stuff has true, universal value, which will still be viable after centuries? And not only did the good folks of the old world, before we ruined everything, have more autonomous prosperity and possessions made to last, with quality craftsmanship and materials, they also had an invaluable wealth of practical knowledge for self-sufficiency, as well as deep generational interconnection and awareness of ancestral lineage. People today are so impoverished, spiritually and mentally - many of us wouldn’t even know why such a thing has value and importance. Modern folks can’t tell glitter from gold.. and many of us will never own a house. We don’t have wealth, we have debt-slavers and piles of poorly made trash that we payed too much for and that won’t last more than 5 years, if that..

[@stronensycharte64]

I wonder if Israel has these plastic issues

[@HuxtableTV]

@@stronensycharte64 You bet. Straight from the net: "It said the per capita average hit 7.5 kilograms (16 pounds) per year - five times the average in Europe. Single-use plastics made up an estimated 90% of trash on Israel's coastline, and 19% of the garbage on public lands, constituting a major environmental threat, it said."

[@HuxtableTV]

@@magnetsandmercury Correct.

[@neckhammockothermusthaves7476]

Milk used to be delivered to your doorstep in glass bottles.

[@pierceaero3005]

There was a project with U.C.S.D. and possibly Scripps Institution of Oceanography that made foam for flip-flop shoes out of alge or seaweed or something. It seemed like a very enviromentally friendly organic plastic. We could look to that as a possibility. It has been studied right here with funding for years. Packaging food in biodegradable plant based plastic may improve things. We have the established science right here in La Jolla. 😊

[@x77punk77x]

I prefer glass containers as well instead of plastic; it’s a shame more food manufacturers don’t provide such alternatives. As kids in the ‘70s/‘80s there was less plastic packaging overall and we were taught to either not handle glass / metal (i.e. open food cans with sharp edges) containers or to handle them carefully. The overuse of plastic is just egregious and senseless. Because so many consumers dgaf about the environment or public health, we need straight-up bans.

[@mymobilebuddy4392]

I am not sure it holds up over time.

[@pierceaero3005]

@mymobilebuddy4392 That is the design. The biodegradable does not hold up over time.

[@cattymajiv]

@@x77punk77x I agree 100%!

[@cattymajiv]

@@pierceaero3005 Your original post made an excellent point! Such an interesting idea! I hope it goes somewhere!

[@jasestrickland1704]

I met a mom about 20 years ago who adamantly and meticulously refused to feed her child anything that touched metal. No canned corn or beans, no food cooked in any aluminum pans, or wrapped in foil. Food was prepped in foam, glass or plastic. I’ll bet she’s just thrilled to hear this bit of food news.

[@areanaangel8964]

wait aluminum foil is way safer that plastic. wtf.... glass and tin cans are ok actually. im so so confused. foam is extremely toxis. what the actual f...

[@velvetchiharu]

@@areanaangel8964 tin cans are lined with plastic. Both soda cans and food cans are lined with plastic, they need to be produced that way otherwise acidic foods would degrade the metal causing it to leach into the food. It’s no coincidence that coke can clean pennies yet is “perfectly fine” being stored in an aluminum can indefinitely.

[@williamclark1244]

@@velvetchiharu when I saw that Coke could remove rust I quit drinking soda immediately. Haven't had it in over 24 years and don't miss it.

[@BlueberryGirl723]

When I was young everything was wrapped in paper, waxed paper, and glass. No one wanted or liked all the plastic that took over. Paper is far more flexible really, and waxed paper keeps your food fresher, because it folds closed and remains folded. The plastic wrappers will unfold as soon as you fold them. Then the plastic never deteriorates and pollutes everything, where the paper will quickly deteriorate. The glass bottles were returnable, sterilized, and used again. The caps were either made from waxed cardboard for say jugs of milk or orange juice, and metal lids often made from coated tin were see on evertelse. It’s time to return to the old methods. Would be nice to have milk, orange juice, and butter delivered one to 2 times a week again as well. JS.

[@Brancaalice]

Forget past, plastic are evolution of profit, better find better product to future food wraps.

[@BlueberryGirl723]

@@Brancaalice Plastic is destroying the planet, so plastic is the thing of the past. Period.

[@sedalia9356]

Most of the plastic you ingest comes from clothes washers and dryers. Those fleece jackets, microfiber stuff. It is on the air and even found in significant quantities in mountain lakes and streams.

[@MaryRodgers-l7h]

Thank you for reporting this! This is very important information that we all need to know.

[@b21raider27]

We got plastics in our brains and even cells (nano particles).

[@leelunk8235]

YOU VAXXED>?

[@galaxyglitterlatte4664]

I'm so sick of worrying about sh*t like this. We are living in a toxic soup!!!😢😮

[@marcuslinton310]

More Propaganda! She showed you the amount, it's literally nothing. And if they were honest, they would also explain how long that bag of cheerios sat before it absorbed any of the chemical at all. Food items rarely sit around long enough to absorb anything they are packaged in. She found a way to get a free money grant and so she is sticking to it.

[@johngrasso1483]

@@marcuslinton310your probably right with cold or room temperature plastics, but how about hot plastic. It’s been known for years that heating up foods in plastic is a bad idea. It causes the plastic to off gas chemicals. Fact. They actually use heat to expand water bottles when filling them. I’ve seen local grocery stores restocking their hot soups with large Hot plastic bags! Just a couple examples,but there’s plenty more. How about K- Cups? The idea of hot water running through that plastic cup for your coffee. Can’t be good.

[@marcuslinton310]

​@@johngrasso1483 Unless the plastic is melting, it's unlikely to leach any worse then it normally would. 120F is PET limits and microwaves heat the food, not the container, the container only gets hot from being in contact with the food so it's unlikely to reach it's melting point. Nobody uses plastics in ovens or on stoves. IE, plastic spatulas would never reach that temp when used properly. I'm hardly a scientist, though. But think about all of this with some common sense, right? There are watchdogs everywhere out there and if this was really a severe concern, it would have been receiving way more constant attention then it has. The way they like to keep people in fear is to suggest the constant build up of these chemicals in our bodies, but think about that for a second. We need to eat constantly because our body uses up nutrients and expels waste. Our body doesn't "build up" or "store" anything but fat. All the other 12 chemicals get used up and needs restocked via food. So, although these chemicals aren't the best thing for us, we do not "build up" an excess unless we are heavily exposed for some reason to a lethal dose. Similar to how all these recreational drugs work. They don't build up in the system over years and years, every single druggie would be dying from lethal doses at some point, far less then years, more like a few weeks or months at best. But they don't die because the drug gets used up and expelled instead of building up. If you ever seen a typical hit of most drugs, there is WAY more in that one hit then the few nanograms these people are talking about over a matter of even years. So the little amount we deal with on a daily basis is easily expelled by our system just like all the other environmental hazards we face every day from exhaust fumes, gas fumes, general CO2 from daily breathing, on and on.

[@sherrieflynn252]

All by design

[@alexisf22]

@@sherrieflynn252 exactly

[@bigtinyhomeadventurebigtin5201]

Why can't we use wax paper and glass? This all comes down to the oil companies. Plastic will never stop being produced, as it is a bi product of petroleum

[@user-ls2uq3pv1h]

I've read oil companies have pushed plastic harder since electric cars came out...

[@jperry6779]

I would not be surprised.@@user-ls2uq3pv1h

[@americafirst9144]

Today's version of waxed paper can't be recycled because it is coated with paraffin, an oil-derived product. If we made it like they originally did - with beeswax - we could recycle it.

[@virginiamoss7045]

@@americafirst9144 And maybe save honey bees at the same time to pollinate our crops. It would have to be scaled up enormously for today's world.

[@cattymajiv]

@@americafirst9144 But we have killed off almost all of the bees!

[@mhaas281]

Fasting might be the best way to clear the body of plastics

[@chek1n]

it works, but not everyone is in the physical condition to endure it

[@nerad1994]

@@chek1nhow long are we talking? Like 4 or 5 days?

[@Mike-bm1xv]

isn't this stuff in our blood? there's literally no way to get rid of it.

[@mhaas281]

@@Mike-bm1xv haven't heard of it being in our blood. Where are you getting that from?

[@mhaas281]

@@nerad1994 no idea honest. Probably at least 72 hours to clear the body. I usually do 72 hours fast once every quarter.

[@catpax6075]

Enough of the plastic!! Consumers don’t want plastic!!!

[@conniesmith5161]

I am literally making a healthy attempt to reduce plastic in my home. I am buying glass bowls to store my food in I'm going back to the days of my youth when we never used plastic at all. I saw a documentary where it said that the average American consumes a credit card size of plastic every week

[@L.Spencer]

back to glass?

[@birdsofparadise1]

Environmentalists said this already and no one cared, and to bring your own containers for everything, and people are still not gonna care now 😂

[@virginiamoss7045]

I say yes; and I will gladly pay for the extra cost.

[@sl4983]

Um yes

[@susiex6669]

No, I dont have a car and carry my groceries home. Glass would make that impossible and dangerous. Id sooner the plastic we already have than be forced to buy a car and more car exhaust in the air.

[@virginiamoss7045]

@@susiex6669 Valid points. Do you carry in bags or do you have a wheeled apparatus you could put them on? Seems like you could devise something. Nothing is going to change any time soon. I appreciate that you don't have a car; not all of us can live without one.

[@jovictor9064]

This is why the life expectancy in the Western world is shorter than anywhere else.

[@Brancaalice]

No they live long supported for pharmaceutic industry, that keep them alive, vegetating till last breath. Why a great way to take off this beautiful planet.,

[@mariusfacktor3597]

I'm not sure that stat is true. America has shorter life spans than other rich and even middle-income countries because unlike almost every other country, we don't have universal healthcare. We absolutely need to get plastics out of our food though. A large part of that is tire particulates which drain into the ocean and filter up the food chain.

[@patrickcarpenter6258]

These companies need to be held accountable like actually held accountable

[@mygirl1129]

Great report, easy to understand and comprehensive too. MTV used to have a slogan "Break the Addiction" about plastic bottles and rethinking plastic or unsustainable products. I ran with it and quit bopping into 7-11's and all the shopping bags and plastic housing for items of clothes and little bs., I finally woke up and said this is gross and a hassle. I stopped it. Now, my new focus is on why companies expect us to recycle for them. I want them to sell me food without expecting me to basically clean up their mess on my end. John Oliver has a good piece about recycling.

[@WokeGirl59]

Our love for plastic is going to kill us.

[@jansmith3158]

what? We dont love plastic. It's the evil elite that love cheap plastic to put their factory food & goods into. They are now the ones profiting off of switching everything to "green" which is nothing but a money grab. Remember the evil elite own all the factories of the world. If they cared about the environment they would switch back to products being put into glass containers just like back in the 1980's and before. Glass can easily be recycled, plastic is not easily recycled. watch "dr fuellmich grand jury day 1" = shocking vid exposing the lies and crimes of media/health officals/world leaders. worth your time pls pass on.

[@michaelkurciviez2057]

“Our” signifies my own personal liberties were aware of their agendas”. I am aware now. I see them. They are not of me. It’s very clear once you read the holy Bible.

[@RealMTBAddict]

You mean corporation's love*

[@plantsplantz2116]

Get earlier puberty bigger........😅😅

[@mekajones7273]

Yall

[@november132]

People hate on the 50s but back then they used way less plastic.

[@kellharris2491]

What does that have to do with the actual era? Its a policy issue.

[@yeboscrebo4451]

Who hates on the fifties?

[@eta2380]

@@yeboscrebo4451 Leftists who claim that era was racist hence they are triggered by slogans such as Make America Great Again

[@nikkistahr7105]

I bought My favorite shakes Premiere protein 1.5 yr ago tasted like plastic, my once favorite creamer (southern butter pecan) now tastes like pure plastic liquid 😢 I am terrified of what this generation and the next few will look like, this is incredibly sad how we have harmed ourselves..

[@doloresikbaker2371]

THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.

[@Pugetwitch]

When she squeezed that oat milk I snapped my head and looked at that exact same bottle in my hand! And to make matters worse, I just squeezed a ton of Hershey's syrup from another plastic bottle into this blue one.

[@virginiamoss7045]

Hershey's Syrup is nothing but flavored corn syrup. There are many much better choices for real chocolate. Stop buying it.

[@DaveSimkus]

Ayeee you know what's good lol that's the ultimate combo right there.

[@iammanna]

😅😅😅

[@ariela_]

Sounds like a bunch of sugar, oat milk is nothing but sugar it’s not a healthy option like most people think

[@virginiamoss7045]

@@ariela_ And oats have one of the highest amount of allowable Glyphosate residues because they spray it right before harvest.

[@TheGangstaNunOnTheRun]

She really worked in her props giving this report.😂

[@girlygirl1890]

@San lol!!

[@E_swi]

They are in the plastic inside your car too. The plasticizer can leach onto your windshield from your dashboard with sun exposure. I think the loss of plasticizer inside your car makes the plastic more brittle and dry

[@michaelkurciviez2057]

Very nicely done. Wisdom expanding! Thank you , Teacher!

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

Yes you see it with old plastic PET bottles and drain pipes that fracture easily.

[@howardcohen6817]

Of couuuuurse!

[@virginiamoss7045]

That new-car smell? What do you think that is? Plasticizers. And there is a spray you can use inside your car to make it smell brand new that people stupidly use.

[@xq39]

thats why i leave my car windows open as often as i can. and i drive an old car with less chemicals

[@Carey86]

Shouldn’t the FDA be stopping crap like this? What’s the point of paying for the FDA if they don’t actually do their job?!? This toxic crap is probably why I had cancer at 14!

[@deneseburrell]

The FDA is worse than the CDC & EPA rolled together~

[@activistgranny2.066]

The FDA is a private corporation and does not work for you.

[@-astrangerontheinternet6687]

The point of the fda is to provide security. Security is a feeling, it can’t be measured. The fda is only there to give the illusion of safety. Most things e we eat are “gras” generally recognized as safe. Corps isolate a chemical in some food, and then writes a letter to the fda telling them that the chemical is safe because it’s not known to cause any problems when eaten in food, and then the fda says, “great. Go make money feeding that to Americans” But there’s no testing.

[@markz5173]

Paid off

[@erockscott1184]

The FDA is bought and paid for by the corporations. There was a man on the radio talking about this on my way to work one day and they basically ignore health issues when approving foods etc because of the money they get from these companies. Corporations own the world of politics and agencies. If the fda says it's safe go the other way

[@SusanEvans-ts9qu]

If it's taken out of baby products it should be ALL products.

[@findyourpassion8722]

Thank you for spreading awareness. Companies will pay good money to shut this kind of reporting so that they don’t have to look for the alternative solutions.

[@BluesSky]

German chemists knew about the developmental effects of pthalates in the 1930’s

[@barowt]

Remember when everything came in a wooden box, glass bottle or jar, or a hemp bag? The only thing you'd have to worry about is live pests, mot microscopic plastics..

[@rawbacon]

If you worry about microscopic plastics it's because you've been brainwashed, plastics are a miracle product and by far the safest.

[@Freebird-1122]

Good to know phthalates can be removed from our bodies, but I want to see something being done about “forever chemicals.” We still don’t know the extent of harm they cause and they’re in water, soil, food…everything.

[@mikescan7050]

“Advocate for more transparency” as she pulls out the transparent plastic wrap was the best.

[@Romans_8.38-39]

Shrinkflation only worsens this problem.

[@blisphul8084]

Thanks for making actually useful subtitles. Most news just uses old fashioned captions with tons of delay.

[@anneanne6077]

Why doesn't someone just get after the FDA they are responsible for all this😮!!!!

[@squaregangster]

We should totally get rid of these ...

[@thitesmarantz4970]

I know, our environment is the cause of all sickness; inflammation,allergies, cancer, arthritis, you name it etc. it’s hard to avoid it because we’re living here on it, there’s no escape,water, pollutions the food we eat. All I can say is that, live to the fullest!

[@rosepetals6214]

My mother took a wicker basket and small grocery and vegetables vendors just put all different vegs in the basket. She would come home and sort out the potatoes, oniins, tomatoes, okra, etc. No plastic bags. Milk man came every morning and measured the milk into a pot. Only cotton clothes and bags were used. The peels were made into manure. Grew up not knowing plastics. If those were the days so can we make it now. Corporate and riches, more greed.

[@OTatime]

This makes a strong case for avoiding ultraprocessed foods for reasons other than what you’re eating. I take reusable canvas bags to the grocery store…not just for environmental reasons. I stopped buying bottled water years ago.

[@jaclynrachellec]

I just saw a related news story about them finding microplastics in arteries and the presence of them being associated with higher risk of stroke and heart attack.

[@faith5401]

People know all over the World, but NOT MANY CARES !! Poor Mother Earth is dying with so many waste of trash filling up. MAN MADE PROBLEMS !

[@Linda-jj1sj]

Thank you for working on this important matter!!! Education is important!!

[@MoonwalkerXOXO]

And some studies show they never exit the body. Even if they do exit, the health issues can last.

[@thedailymakermaking]

Yikes! Thank you for the warning.

[@mikeshafer]

Why can't we replace plastic?? You're telling me we can land robots on Mars within a few meters of accuracy, but we can't find something on earth to replace plastic?

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

So why are millions wasted on the food and drug administration if they haven’t picked this up?

[@ROSESnROT]

I believe this is what's causing endometriosis

[@laidlawnakixo]

Its not just the packaging. Theres plastic in the food to. Look in chocolate there is poly. Alot of beauty products have micobeads!

[@MartinPhi]

Not recent. The Environmental Protection Agency was targeting phthalates for restrictions or a ban back in the early 1980s. Because phthalates are in EVERYTHING, the plastics industry has blocked any action by warning of job losses, increased food prices/inflation, etc.

[@cw4608]

Put it back in glass jars. Glass is one of the easiest materials to recycle.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

Just because it's small doesn't mean it's less harmless, asbestos is deadly because it's so small!

[@TammySoucy]

Everything on this planet is killing us

[@RoughNeckDelta]

Title: "processed foods" Thumbnail: picture of a whole food in plastic bag

[@deemelody2396]

Can we please go back to glass - it's easily recyclable.

[@solarlight10]

Profits though?

[@patientzero5685]

With gas prices the way they are?!?!

[@philwells2920]

It's plastics as a whole, not just plasticizers. That's a sly trick, trying to make people think plastic can be safe and unpolluting.

[@Number4lead]

Grow your own food people, you can grow a lot of things in a surprisingly small area. Take out some grass to use as a garden spot, use flower beds.

[@jamestorres4705]

America has the worst food in the world. Thanks FDA.

[@glen.simpson]

maybe

[@ambassadoroffaith1018]

I never eat Packages food never drink in the water in the bottle growing up in the mountain.i see lots of plastic food containers here in America everywhere

[@Rumplegirlskin]

We are very aware of this. But you didn’t say anything about the differences in health that you notice. You just gave a blanketed statement as though that is easy for Americans to do. I’m not knocking what you are saying. It would just be more beneficial to say something for comparison. If you were 113 years old, or had a clean bill of health, no sickness, you family for the past 7 generations doing the same thing and it benefitting each generations… then people would think twice and think of alternative solutions. Otherwise, it is like the person that says I would never take a bus, I walk to work.

[@TheOceanMan-xc7qp]

its horrific what they are doing to our food ...and our worthless government looks the other way cause the pay is so good grrr

[@imafreakinninja12]

That's why you should fast once in a while while drinking non-plastic water bottles. So your body can filter it out.

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

It is impossible to “filter out” forever chemicals from the body. Impossible,

[@imafreakinninja12]

@@philoctetes_wordsworth Go to 2:16. Whatever chemicals you're talking about, no-one else was talking about.

[@vanessabanman2798]

The sauna smart detox protocol has been shown in some studies to remove forever chemicals.

[@shayalynn]

@@imafreakinninja12 but you should look up forever chemicals which is a huge problem in America right now that many don’t know about.

[@jeil5676]

A sauna.... you must be joking. Complete bs.@@vanessabanman2798

[@nickelandimed]

Let's not forget the Cheerios also contain pesticides. YUM!

[@booberries833]

People need to stop baking with and putting plastics in the microwave as well. What are they thinking?

[@falcorthewonderdog2758]

I dont eat processed foods. I quit eating anything that is sold in boxes or cans. No products that has more than 1 ingredient. Beef butter bacon and eggs. Don't drink processed drinks either. Water milk cream for my coffee. Coffee mmmmm. Coffee

[@twylitegotbannedtwice3411]

Stop eating processed foods.

[@jane7963]

Great plan. Except hard to do this when the hunting laws are trying to keep hunters from getting their own food.

[@croiners4166]

This isn’t only about processed foods. It’s ALL food that touches plastic!❤

[@felixthecat2786]

Apples are not processed foods and yet if they're wrapped in plastic you can be exposed to these chemicals. Basically anything wrapped in plastics is an issue. If you put meat in freezer bags and then put them in the fridge or freezer then you're exposing yourself to plastics. She literally said this in the video, did you even watch it? It's kind of hard to avoid plastics when they are everywhere. We should ban plastics. It's about time we did it. people are wondering why cancer is becoming more common in people under 50 years old and I know that it's because of this (and probably the glyphosate being sprayed on wheat. It's not crazy to know that these chemicals cause cancer and (quite possibly) autism, but most people are unaware of how exposed they are. You can eat the best diet in the world (no processed foods) and you're still being exposed. These chemicals are also in your soil and your water supply. Big corporations refuse to take them out of basic everyday products (such as soap, shampoo, and many other things).

[@frankmacleod2565]

@@jane7963 "hunting laws" hahaha you're not supposed to shoot deer out of season, lady. What are you talking about

[@frankmacleod2565]

@@jane7963 "hunting laws" hahaha you're not supposed to shoot deer out of season, lady. What are you talking about

[@malarumninaivugal]

Growing up in India, my mom used to pack food in banana leaves or plates made out of other leaves. We may have to reintroduce them again

[@VintageRayne]

I’m all for eating healthy & what not. If someone can afford that astronomical grocery bill for me. Truly not knocking this. Kudos for the awareness. JS that shrinkflation is hard enough to afford as it is. 😊

[@glen.simpson]

this appears to be the plan.... get a large percentage of the population barely able to get by causing them to buy cheap, polluted food, thereby assuring profits elsewhere.

[@glen.simpson]

that's the plan

[@magnetsandmercury]

Believe it or not, it’s significantly cheaper to buy raw vegetables, dry grains etc. and prepare your own food at home, than it is to eat pre-packaged and factory-prepared brand-name products (artificial matrix-food). For instance, a pack of tortillas costs ~$5, for maybe 18 tortillas with preservatives baked in to make up for the fact that they were baked weeks or months ago - and the pack comes in plastic, of course. A bag of flour costs ~$3 and just add water and pour the mixture on a hot griddle, and that one paper bag of flour might make 75 tortillas! Plus, they’ll be warmly fresh-fried each time you make them. And it doesn’t take long: 15 minutes maybe, to heat a frying pan, stir flour and water and fry fresh, delicious flatbread wraps. That’s just one example among countless others. Cooking your own food is amazingly cheap if you use common sense and remember the basic, easy kitchen skills known to all of human history until about 50 years ago. And what’s even cheaper, and also way easier than we’ve been trained to believe, is to sprinkle some seeds in the ground,give them water and sun, and thank Nature for causing beautiful foods to spring forth from the dirt: and so incomparably sweeter and more delicious/nutritious than sad, depleted supermarket vegetables.

[@istayirie]

​@@magnetsandmercurytime. no one has time for this unfortunately.

[@VintageRayne]

@@magnetsandmercury All great ideas! 😌

[@PrayingPanda]

3:56 this man is a shill for the advertisers. They knew that plastics were harmeful. They just didn't care.

[@K_a_Z010]

Now Flint, Michigan has to find another water source expect bottles😂

[@byronwilliams7977]

Its funny how they left out the fact that Pthalates act like estrogen in the body. Pthalates are also used as a stabilizer that increase the shelf life of certain compounds. If I'm remembering correctly, this is in part why there are so many found in products in the beauty industry.

[@archur111]

Lotions too

[@katiejon17]

Side note: let’s hear it for that woman reporter! She looks like a real woman - without deforming her face with surgeries and fillers. I want to see more of that!

[@janetturner5560]

glass is very heavy and suject to breaking. plastic is so convenient for packaging thats a big issue. heavy, breakable vs lightweight and capable of holding bulky items.

[@microbios8586]

There is quite a bit of waste of food packaged in glass at the store where I work. Glass is so fragile and also dangerous for workers unloading items from trucks.

[@alleycat616]

Just be careful with glass. Really not that hard. Also it being heavy is good for us. We need more exercise even in little ways such as this. It’s part of why we are obese now.

[@Brancaalice]

Need create silicone container, better, bags. But seems most silicone in planet, are go to surgery, making people younger.

[@alleycat616]

It’s truly unbelievable how we are just allowed to be poisoned en masse like this. Truly unbelievable!!! I’m surprised to find my food and products AREN’T poisoned in some way!how is this s accepted as normal and nothing done about it? How is stuff like this not one of the biggest issues in politics today???

[@shawnsanders2182]

FDA IS DOING THEIR JOB RIGHT .SO FDA DEMING IT SAFE SUE THE FDA!!!!!!!

[@glen.simpson]

captured entities

[@ldwankenobi5618]

the government would never allow citizens to be harmed by industry.

[@Hullified]

Maybe the FDA should do something about this.

[@dele098]

You would think, since they are also suffering from same effects of these plastics & chems. unless they are growing everything from grains & meat, to fruits & veggies themselves. Which I highly doubt. Not everyone can lived on a sustainable self sufficient farm.

[@gyrospace2]

Thank you for your hard work to inform us of these dangers.

[@amypola5903]

For comparison, the amount of hormones we have, all of them, will fit into the size of a stamp. And we all know what hormones do to us, especially when unbalanced.

[@glen.simpson]

a gut ruined society sure has proven a few things..eh...... problem is, the cat got out of the bag and ran into the woods before most saw it, then lurked around in the dark of the night and continued to pull cat capers for years and years, to this day