Re: The 7: Can I avoid microplastics in the refrigerator? Your questions, answered. (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 09:31:56 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > we have to get rid of plastic and use glass instead(like Olga)

What do you do with the plastic containers that you buy at the store?
Either we get the microplastics, or someone or something else gets them.
I guess I'd rather suffer from the effects of microplastics rather than
hoisting that burden upon someone (or something) else.

 >  > From: The Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com/~email>
 >  > Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 11:55:08 +0000
 >  > 
 >  > Regarding microplastics & forever chemicals, what happens if room 
 >  > temperature foods are stored in the refrigerator in plastic containers? What 
 >  > about storage in the freezer? There has been no mention that I've found in 
 >  > your terrific articles on storing food in plastic containers. Wondering what 
 >  > happens when cold, rather than heat, impacts these plastic containers. 
 >  > As someone who reheated holiday leftovers in a plastic carryout container 
 >  > for lunch yesterday … this question hits home (and my desk at the office). 
 >  > And I knew just whom to contact: The Post’s Well+Being team <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/464d71a/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977
 >  > ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/11/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb>’s editors, who 
 >  > directed me to this video from “Ask a Doctor” columnist Trisha Pasricha <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/464d71b/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977
 >  > ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/12/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb>. 
 >  > 
 >  > <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/464d71c/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/13/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb
 >  > >
 >  >  
 >  > 
 >  > A key takeaway from Trisha:
 >  > 
 >  > <
 >  > https://sli.washingtonpost.com/click?s=906539&li=the7&m=6e1c8b48186107dfcba979ecd71fbefc&p=695902761055606afe6ac9bb&stpe=default
 >  > >
 >  > <
 >  > https://sli.washingtonpost.com/click?s=906539&li=the7&m=6e1c8b48186107dfcba979ecd71fbefc&p=695902761055606afe6ac9bb&stpe=default
 >  > >
 >  > In 2023, scientists filled <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/464d71d/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977ca66ae7e8a
 >  > 6816e764cb/16/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb>  plastic food storage containers 
 >  > with water or with a slightly acidic solution that mimics food. After 10 
 >  > days in the fridge or at room temperature, there were millions of 
 >  > nanoplastics in both groups.
 >  > 
 >  >  
 >  > 
 >  > Yes, even plastic containers in the fridge are going to expose you to 
 >  > microplastics. So if you want to reduce your exposure to microplastics — 
 >  > which are seemingly everywhere <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/3fb7f9e/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/17/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb
 >  > > — switch to glass, 
 >  > like Trisha did <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/464d71c/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/18/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb
 >  > >.  
 >  > What else to know   How to avoid exposure to microplastics <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/43c440a/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/19/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb
 >  > >   Microplastics are 
 >  > seemingly everywhere and are increasingly impossible to avoid <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/3fb7f9e/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/20/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb
 >  > >   How to eat and drink 
 >  > fewer microplastics <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/4169b7e/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/21/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb
 >  > >
 >  > Keep your questions about stories you’ve seen in The 7 coming — you can 
 >  > send them here <
 >  > https://s2.washingtonpost.com/43d9e3f/695902761055606afe6ac9bb/5977ca66ae7e8a6816e764cb/22/71/695902761055606afe6ac9bb
 >  > >. We’ll find the right person to 
 >  > answer them for a future weekend edition of The 7.