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The Hidden Problem in Your Kitchen Plastic cutting boards are popular for their lightweight design, affordability, and dishwasher-safe convenience. But recent studies reveal a troubling downside:   every knife stroke can release hundreds of microplastic particles into your food . ( Time )     One   study   found that chopping carrots on a plastic board left behind over   1,000 microplastic fragments per use , adding up to about   50 grams of plastic per year—the equivalent of eating 10 credit cards . Microplastics are not just an environmental issue. They’ve been  detected  in  human blood, lungs, liver, kidneys, heart and even in breast milk,  raising concerns about long-term health effects. While research is still emerging, evidence suggests microplastics may “be linked to cancer, heart attacks ( Stanford ) and contribute to  inflammation, oxidative stress, and even neurological risks . ( Medical Express )   Why Plastic ...

Food dyes are in the news a lot lately.    Robert F. Kennedy wants to work with the food industry to get artificial food dyes out of our food including out of the National School Lunch Program.    My husband showed me an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal,  Removing Artificial Food Dyes Will Be Difficult .    Why?    Because artificial food dyes are in so many of our foods.             1 in 10 foods contain artificial food dyes           40% of food items containing artificial food dyes contain 3 or MORE food dyes The article notes artificial food dyes are in popular foods such as Pop-Tarts and Doritos.  And in foods that even I was unaware of.  I told my daughter that some pickles have artificial dyes.  She didn’t believe me, opened her fridge and looked at her jar of pickles.  Not one but two artificial yellow dyes in the pickles....