Thursday 2 September 2021

Kettles and micro plastics

This week I upgraded my kettle to a beautiful yellow stainless steel one from Aldi.



Pros which are reason I bought the new one:
Doesn't spill water on the bench every time you tip it!
- Protection against running with no water inside (maybe this works the same amazing way that a ride cooker works!? 
- Beautiful colour 💛

Extra bonus!
- Stainless steel so reduces micro plastics ingested!  This wasn't the reason to buy it but now I've learned that I'm very glad to have changed !!!

I found a study where they managed to photograph all the micro plastics with a microscope and a high speed camera!  

Between 6,607 and 29,194 particles of plastic in every millilitre of water on the third time boiling a plastic kettle!!! 😮

That's between 6.6 and 30 million particles in just one litre of water 😧

So many things around us which could be harmful or may be having effects we won't fully realise for years to come, but no use stressing about it, just keep making one positive change after another, on the journey to better health 🙂

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