RIP my RXBARs. I must be full of plastics at this point, they were my go-to snack for years.

Why are they measuring plastic in a "Paper Receipt in Water"???

https://www.plasticlist.org/product/754

A friend of mine built an alternative UI for this, that may be more digestible if you’re trying to lookup individual items.

http://plastic.food/

Jesus christ at the numbers on the Rxbars. So much for "4 ingredients with no B.S.". Kind of insane that they could get up to 30,000 ng/serving with such a small serving size consisting of something like 4 blueberries, 4 cashews, and 3 dates.

Also the negligible levels of plastic detected in plastic water bottles is surprising. I was under the impression, based on other reports, that water in plastic bottles is something we should avoid.

Shocking comparison (search for 'sugar', only 2 results) on:

- Korean War-era sugar ration

Vs.

- store-bought sugar

So, what's the action item for the consumers? How much if this gets outside of our digestion system? What's the impact of that? What are the remedies?

Well, more than food those are food products and other sort of products like toothpaste. Not sure you should consume them in the first place.

This list is amazing, but at some point you have to prioritize what you’re paying attention to.

Your most dangerous plastic or microplastic is the PFAS. And the biggest source of PFAS is the water you drink. Does it run through plastic tubing? A pfas filter at any point? Sit in a plastic jug?

The most effective way to deal with this is to distill your water. Distilled water is nearly pfas free, and also removes bpas, lead, mercury, and any bacteria.[1]

https://learn.pfasfreelife.com/research/distillers-remove-pf...

Thank you for sharing this data, it is really helpful. Now it feels like microplastics are almost everywhere in life, even breathing and eating are difficult to completely avoid. What we can do is probably to try to understand their sources, and then reduce contact as much as possible, make a little bit of active choices, at least to protect ourselves and our families.

Can anyone help test the plastic level of Coke? I wonder whether plastic or sugar would kill me first.