The first 100% manmade fabric was introduced to the public with great fanfare by the DuPont Corporation at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It was called “nylon” and was touted as a revolutionary replacement for silk in women’s stockings. When nylon stockings were made available to the public at Wilmington, Delaware in October 1939, the first 4,000 pairs sold out in three hours. Demand for this remarkable product increased after nylon stockings became available nationwide i

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

If learning that microplastics are invading our human bodies feels like an insurmountable problem, do not despair. Just making a few simple changes will greatly reduce your daily exposure to microplastics. It wasn’t long after plastic products became widely available to consumers that plastic ending up in the environment became a concern. But it took decades before we realized that as plastic was breaking down, the tiny pieces were contaminating lakes, rivers and oceans a