There's 10,000s ng of plastic in a Starbuck's Latte ... https://www.plasticlist.org/product/173

Another we refuse to accept and admit, due to the implications of other things that touch our skins, are the plastics from polyester fabrics that enter our body through our skin stream. The skin is the largest organ and has the largest surface area exposure, and these polyesters are one of the largest polluters of micro and nano plastics into the environment - and effectively, our bodies, the skin being one of the most efficient filters and processors of the plastic poison in them.

Don't research the poison of the plastics that wash out of those volatile fibers whiilst in the laundry machines. Oh, did you think that the only source of the micro-plastics in the water supply was water bottles?

Some previous discussion late last year:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42525633

I'm making a product to help trap plasticizers in the digestive tract and prevent them from getting into the bloodstream, NeutraOat (NeutraOat.com).

I was originally inspired by PlasticList, and actually made a quiz on my website based off their data for people to assess their plastics exposure (quiz.neutraoat.com)

Read through their "industry advice" section and thought this interesting:

> If you chop something on a plastic cutting board (because wood cutting boards are outlawed in commercial kitchens, apparently), test before and after chopping.

Who banned wood cutting boards from kitchens and for what purpose? I did some digging and some sources cite that neither FDA nor USDA strictly ban wood cutting boards, but individual state health departments are often strict on commercial kitchens that use wood instruments. I get concerns of wood being porous and all, but with the alternative being I have to ingest shavings from the plastic cutting board with every meal... Maybe it's time for a paradigm shift.

Was wondering how they got hold of "Powdered Milk from 1952 Korean War Rations", but they even answer that!

  > COLLECTION LOCATION:
  > eBay, sold by littlebitoeverythingjoe

Amazing how meticulous they've been, right down to recording the conditions that the package was shipped in:

  > SHIPPED IN:
  > Original packaging inside Ziploc bag
  > 
  > SHIPPING METHOD:
  > UPS Overnight

https://www.plasticlist.org/product/37

Man, remember a few year backs some magic microbes that eat plastic were making the rounds in news? Whatever happened to those, did not work out, are still worked on, lack of funding...?

Look at the report (https://www.plasticlist.org/report), it is very informative

This site has been posted to HN before, but it's definitely interesting to revisit in light of drastic cuts to federal agencies like the FDA, USDA, and CDC.

Independent efforts like PlasticList are probably going to be more and more important as research funding gets slashed and health-related data is suppressed or manipulated.