Plastic Waste & Forever Chemicals - Is Filtering Our Future? | E59
The Idea Roastery
English - December 11, 2023 11:38 - 24 minutes - 20.2 MBTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week we dive into the murky world of microplastics, examining how these tiny plastic particles have infiltrated our water systems, food supply, and even our bodies.
While the immediate health impacts remain unclear, the hosts raise critical questions around contamination, inequality, and the inconvenient reality that certain ubiquitous plastics may be impossible to eradicate fully.
Outline
We discussed concerns
around microplastics and "forever chemicals" in drinking
water
Where do microplastics come from and what are different types
How much microplastic is in our environment and is it enough to be detrimental to humans
What are some solutions to this problem?
How we personally think about this challenge of our environment