Unmasking the Truth About Microplastics: Fact vs. Fiction
David Marinac Packaging Authority-Expert
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Let’s face it, bad news, gloomy news, doom and gloom news…SELLS. It creates clicks, worry, and fear.
I can count on Yahoo at least once a week dropping some sort of “end of the world” scenario due to microplastics. Our friend Chris DeArmitt - PhD, FRSC, FIMMM is constantly fighting back with facts and intel refuting this misinformation. However, his tactic this time around was unique and clever.
First, he “played the game” and made suggestions about ways to reduce microplastics. Then, he hammered home the real truth: the studies about microplastics and their resultant conclusions were flawed. I quote:
“A scientific review of many microplastic studies found that the consensus is that there is no evidence of harm from microplastics. That is surprising given that we see news headlines about risks all the time. Well, the study looked at that too. They found that while the majority of scientific studies find no risk, the media stories say there is a risk over 90% of the time. This means that the media have intentionally misled us, presumably because scary stories make money.
So, if most studies find no real evidence of harm, what about the minority that do claim to have identified a threat? Scientists looked into that too and found that most or all of those studies are not valid. Why not? The studies were not conducted properly.”
See the entire LinkedIn post here: How to Dramatically Reduce Your Exposure to Microplastics by Chris DeArmitt
Further, Chris and I spent time discussing this very subject on video…Are We Eating a Credit Card a Week of Plastic?: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/BMnyT36qZuA3qvwXa4AWrJ?
Chris is a PhD scientist who focuses on data and the truth, not opinion or fear-mongering. What do you prefer?