They detach themselves from most utensils of our kitchen and do not even account. The acquaintances microplasticsthose small particles of one of the most used materials worldwide, are practically present wherever we go. If they go unnoticed it is because, as its name indicates, They are so small that a microscope would need to see them.
Eliminate them It is practically impossibleso we must have assumed the “coexistence” with these particles. However, It is very easy to reduce your presence in the rooms that we usually frequent in our home. In the case of the kitchen, There are several tricks To be able to protect our food or the room in general from The propagation of microplastics.
Prevention, an ally to trust
One of the reasons behind the microplastics are so present in our daily lives is that The terrain can transfer them to both flora and faunaeither by absorption of nutrients by the roots or feeding of animals. Therefore, it is highly recommended to always wash the foods that we are going to consume, in order to eliminate most particles.
However, it is important to keep in mind that there are also foods that we use in the day whose microplastics are impossibleto reduce or separate. In the case of salt, its high particle absorption is motivated by the contamination of extraction and processing pointsin addition to the situation in lakes, reservoirs, seas, etc.
Working with different materials can be the key
Several studies have shown that kitchen utensils with antiatrating coatings They can release between thousands and millions of microplastic particles During use, even when they are completely new. This release is not limited to pans: plastic containers such as bowls or blenders They also give off microplastics every time they are used. A particularly revealing example is that of Beat ice on a blender for just 30 secondswhich can generate the release of hundreds of thousands of these tiny particles.
Faced with this concern, Silicone is usually mentioned as an alternative supposedly safer than conventional plastic. Although it is, in effect, more stable from the thermal and chemical point of view That many single -use plastics, this does not mean that it is completely free of risk.
A advice to be able to carry out a constant alert but without obsessing in the face of the threat of microplastics is that of look at those utensils that we usually use that show signs of damage or wear. This, added to getting rid of those remains that are cut, meltedetc., can help us create a slightly cleaner kitchen.