The Dangers, The Myths and The Solutions of Toxic Plastic

It’s everywhere. Our homes, our clothes, our water, our food, our bodies, our lives – plastic! This episode is stunning, and sadly scary. At the same time, a plastic-free or at least plastic-less world is possible. Find out how you can be part of this future with this courageous plastic warrior Frede Magnussen.

Frederikke (Frede) Magnussen is the co-founder of A Plastic Planet, PlasticFree.com and the Plastic Health Council. Her mission is to ignite and inspire the world to turn off the plastic tap. However, instead of shaming ordinary people about often unavoidable plastic use, the goal of her organisations is to work with local and international governments and businesses as well as to educate and demonstrate to individuals directly that alternatives already exist.

Check out her websites and the links below for practical tips to be more plastic free:

• https://www.beatthemicrobead.org
• https://www.foodpackagingforum.org/food-packaging-health

In this episode, Frede discusses:

• We all know what plastic is but do we really know what plastic actually is, what it’s made from and how perversely plastic has infiltrated our planet.
• The scary statistics and studies showing how deeply plastic has penetrated our bodies! 
• Could parents in the modern world be infertile in just 20 years because of plastic?
• What you can do today to reduce the plastic burden in your life.
• The myth of plastic recycling.
• The incredible packaging alternatives that already exist, and how to incorporate  them into our lives.

Contact:

• Website: https://aplasticplanet.com
• Website: https://plasticfree.com
• Website: https://plastichealthcouncil.com

Mentions:

• Person: Professor Lukas Kenner, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240306150719.htm
• Fertility Crisis: Most couples may have to use assisted reproduction by 2045, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/28/shanna-swan-fertility-reproduction-count-down?CMP=share_btn_url
• Heart disease: Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events, https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2309822
• Studies: Plastic migration, https://www.foodpackagingforum.org/food-packaging-health/migration-modeling