Microplastics

Boiling tap water reduces microplastic and nanoplastic contamination by at least 80%. Bryan Johnson's microplastics levels were the lowest on the Blueprint team, placing him at approximately the 90th percentile of low contamination. A single blood donation at a Red Cross location produced a 93% reduction in microplastic levels in one tested individual. Microplastics and nanoplastics are physical breakdown products of plastic rather than dissolved molecules. Microplastics have been detected in blood, placentas, breast milk, and seminal fluid. No established protocol exists in the scientific community for reducing microplastics load in the body. Blueprint is compiling what it describes as the world's largest microplastics dataset to identify intervention strategies through community-level data. The brain accumulates 7 to 30 times more microplastics than the liver or kidneys. A study published in the American Chemical Society demonstrated that boiling tap water effectively reduces human intake of microplastics. A University of Newcastle, Australia study quantified total plastic consumed by humans via food, drink, and air. One report estimated the average plastic load in the human bra…