Consumers are increasingly avoiding products with harmful chemicals and PFAS, leading to changes like swapping plastic cookware and using glass packaging to reduce microplastics. Managing exposures can feel overwhelming, so an incremental approach is recommended with drinking water as the top priority. Filters are essential for those not using private wells. In small rental apartments, compact pitcher or countertop purifiers are practical alternatives to under-sink reverse osmosis or whole-home systems. A comparison of a pitcher filter (Culligan ZeroWater) and a countertop Sans Reverse Osmosis purifier found noticeable taste differences and certifications indicating removal of lead, mercury, and PFAS.
This summer, Graza began selling its Instagram-famous olive oil in glass bottles to avoid microplastics question. And that just scratches the surface. Keeping up with everything you are not supposed to be consuming is frankly overwhelming. My recommendation for navigating the world trying to poison you? Take it one step at a time like I did. Start with what you can control. Your water, for example, should be number one.
Unless you're drawing from your own well like Mac Demarco, a filter is how you keep an eye on what's in your water. I started by finding the right filter to get the cleanest, purest drinking water I can. If I know there's nothing harmful in my drinking water, I've already won half the battle. If I could, I would simply install a reverse osmosis filter under my sink and never worry about it again. Or, I'd install a whole-home filter for everything, including my yard.
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