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If you eat McDonald's, Dominos, and Burger King then you're sunk anyway. Plastic least of your worries.

Those that don't eat at those places should not feel so high and mighty.

They say we eat the equivalent in size to a credit card of plastic (microplastics) *every week*, on average. Most plastics have phthalates, BP(x), and other carcinogens. The "BPA free" plastic you hear about just substitutes in another dangerous compound that hasn't yet been studied as well as bpa has.

Consumer Reports magazine did a dive into it. They found the worst are actually those pressed particle cardboard-look alike "to go" boxes that many fast food joints and cafeterias have. Plastics also line the inside of wrappers. They build new houses with plastic hot and cold water lines.

Your bottle fed baby is probably out of a plastic jar. The more you wash it, particularly with hot or boiling water, the more and more in leaches into the milk.

Look inside your fridge and pantry. Look for ways to get away from plastic. Glass and stainless is king.

Iron skillets as well. Go to your local thrift store and buy old ones. Clean them with food oil and salt (use your fingertips), scrub to clean rust etc. but not the patina. Wash with mild soapy water and dry on the stove with a bit of heat.