The top 7 foods being laden with microplastics
Thu 4:55 am +00:00, 21 Aug 2025Top 7 “Healthy” Foods Contaminated with Plastic
1. Sea Salt – Even high-quality sea salts like Celtic or Himalayan may contain ocean-borne microplastics.
Better: Sea salt from more isolated areas such as Baja, Mexico
2. Shellfish – They filter seawater constantly, and the plastic is what we eat.
Better: Wild-caught shellfish from Alaska or the Pacific Northwest
3. Fish – Farmed fish are often fed plastic-contaminated feed. Wild fish aren’t safe either, they are swimming in a stew of plastic particles.
Better: Wild Alaskan salmon, black cod, or fish from cold, clean waters
4. Bottled Water – One bottle can contain over 300,000 nanoplastic particles.
Better: Filter your tap water or choose glass-bottled mineral water
5. Honey – Bees gather pollen from flowers exposed to airborne nanoplastics.
Better: Local, raw honey from rural or wildflower-rich regions.
6. Apples & Carrots – These crops can absorb plastics from contaminated soil, irrigation, and packaging.
Better: Produce grown using regenerative practices and clean well water
7. Beer – Breweries using municipal water often brew with microplastic-contaminated supplies.
Better: Choose craft beers in glass bottles, brewed with mountain spring or well water
MIke Geary
