To reduce microplastic exposure, avoid heating plastics, use stainless steel or glass for drinking, and filter tap water.

“if you are concerned about microplastics and nanoplastics and you really want to limit your exposure one of the best ways to do that is to limit your consumption of water from plastic bottles and because microplastics and nanoplastics are present in tap water you're going to need some way to remove those microplastics and nanoplastics from your tap water”

“avoiding drinking out of plastic don't turn over your clothing so much wash your clothes but don't purchase and throw away clothing too much or more than is necessary avoiding sea salt these kinds of things these are all just choices for you in the buffet of options of ways to reduce your microplastic nanoplastic ingestion and exposure”

“so that means that the amount of microplastics and nanoplastics in bottled water is actually much much higher than we initially thought and a very simple way to limit your exposure to microplastics and nanoplastics is to avoid drinking water from plastic bottles in particular plastic bottles that have been heated up”

“the best way turns out to be a little bit expensive admittedly and that's to use a reverse osmosis filter so reverse osmosis filters will get rid of all the microplastics nanoplastics of course it will also remove some key minerals from the water so you'll have to remineralize that water”

“a few ways that you can really do your a service in limiting your exposure to microplastics is to limit your consumption of water from plastic bottles”

“I also avoid the big no-no’s like microwaving in plastic, plastic cutting board, and having a reverse osmosis water system.”

“Well-maintained 0.2 µm filter or reverse osmosis) and that annual load typically drops to hundreds or less, depending on local mains data.”

“Choose tap with a good home filter whenever possible (reverse osmosis with remineralization is the gold standard).”

“Reverse osmosis water filter. Drinking water is likely a major source of microplastic getting into your body. A reverse osmosis filter pushes water through a very tight membrane and strains the particles out. I filter everything I drink.”

“I also avoid the big no-no’s like microwaving in plastic, plastic cutting board, and having a reverse osmosis water system.”

“So generally speaking, I I do try to avoid drinking plastic water bottle and water bottle water. I try to drink water from my reverse osmosis water system. It also remmineralizes in my stainless steel container containers.”

“Reverse osmosis filtered water + remineralization.”

“Drinking from a RO filter will never be as bad as drinking from plastic bottles.”

“decreasing your exposure to these by limiting plastic water bottle and can use is a huge step in the right direction”

“Use high-quality water filters (like reverse osmosis systems).”

“Filter your water (I'd prioritize a high-quality carbon block or reverse osmosis filter).”

“Though plastic is everywhere and unavoidable, installing a reverse osmosis filter can significantly reduce our microplastic exposure.”

“Reducing exposure is key: avoid heating plastics, use stainless steel or glass for drinking, and filter tap water with systems like reverse osmosis that remove microplastics.”

“one solution we'll dig into later is using a reverse osmosis water filter which can filter out not just microplastics but also nanoplastics and other contaminants it's actually one of the most effective tools we have for cutting down our exposure to microplastics and nanoplastics in our water”

“washing produce with filtered water can help remove some of these microplastic particles that cling to surfaces particularly waxy surfaces on certain produce”