If you have already adopted many of the recommendations in last month’s blog (Microplastics Detox, Part I, In the Kitchen), you are already well on your way to reducing your family’s exposure to microplastics. But why stop in the kitchen? There are plenty of ways to reduce microplastics and their accompanying “plastic-associated chemicals” in the rest of the house…like the bathroom. Take a look around your bathroom and notice just how many plastic containers hold your per

Life-course exposure to environmental hazards and chemical pollutants such as plastic can cause accumulation of toxic substances in the body and increase the risk of developing chronic health conditions. Plastic is a particularly problematic material at every stage of its lifecycle, from the extraction of its fossil fuel feedstocks, through manufacturing, use, and disposal. Grave environmental health hazards are created at each stage. The health impacts have been seen in al