#plastics

From the article:

Fish gills may inspire an unexpected solution to one of our biggest sources of microplastics. According to researchers at Germany’s University of Bonn, taking a cue from the animals’ filtration systems might help remove the vast majority of harmful plastic particulates from washing machine wastewater. Microplastics are a huge problem. At this point, they can be found both inside our bodies as well as some of the Earth’s most remote locations. Aside from taking thousands of years to decompose, the particles are increasingly linked to a wide array of health issues.

Erotically entwined with her vacuum cleaner which envelopes her like a snake. Better homes and gardens. July 1956.

because you have people saying real and scary things that need action now, like "majority Black and working-class communities are being poisoned by petrochemical plants in their own backyards" and "microplastics are in placentas and breast milk and our blood" and "so much plastic waste in the world comes from plastic textiles"

and in the next shot there'll be some tiktok personality in the CVS skincare aisle who sounds like he's two seconds away from recommending you use beef tallow instead of sunscreen

or the host having the test couples use natural-bristle toothbrushes (PLEASE do not do this; they grow bacteria much, much more easily than plastic bristles. plastic bristles are a medical thing)

to me, as someone who does try to live a reduced-plastic life to the best of my ability, this is the line I often see in circles fighting against unnecessary plastic dominance: trying to acknowledge the risk and push back against Plastic Everything without going off the deep end and disregarding areas where it may still be necessary (or believing fearmongering over real science- which is often scary enough)