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Microplastics in Your Gum, a Houdini Dog, and Everest Sky Surfing | Jamie & Chris: Don’t Be an Idiot
This week, Jamie and Chris go from “wait… that’s in my food?” to “how is this dog smarter than me?”—and finish with someone casually breaking a world record at Everest altitude.In this episode:
Microplastics in everyday food and drink—including chewing gum, salt, produce (apples/carrots), hot drinks (tea/coffee), and seafood—plus how exposure can vary wildly and why packaging matters.
The microbubbles angle: how water itself may help break plastics down into tiny pieces that spread through rivers and oceans and into the food chain.
The “is this real?” moment: claims about microplastics in the…
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