A Mexican Company Is Turning Avocado Pits Into Biodegradable Plastic
BIOFASE, a company making sustainable and biodegradable plastics from avocado, is helping to reduce agro-industrial waste.
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Gross. Microplastic Found in Salt.
A small study from East China Normal University found that of the 15 commercially available salts they tested, all of them contained microplastics. Microplastics are exactly what the name implies: microscopic flecks of plastic. That you eat....
How Plastic Makes Us Fat
Increasingly, evidence is mounting that the chemicals—particularly those found in plastic—are disrupting our endocrine system, which may make us more susceptible to weight gain, diabetes, and obesity. Your endocrine system creates your hormones, which regulate a variety of systems including our metabolism, respiration, sleep, stress, movement, and reproduction.
