Dr. Vivian Chen

So it's floating around, riding on the dust when you're washing your synthetic clothes. clothes it's being released into the air to you know when you're laundering it and when you're drying it um you're um when it's funny i didn't realize this but a third of the microplastic in the air that we breathe comes from tires did you know that i i knew it was high i don't know how high it was

So it's floating around, riding on the dust when you're washing your synthetic clothes. clothes it's being released into the air to you know when you're laundering it and when you're drying it um you're um when it's funny i didn't realize this but a third of the microplastic in the air that we breathe comes from tires did you know that i i knew it was high i don't know how high it was

relate to these rubber tires and these latex tires yeah 100 i didn't know that so i find that fascinating well not fascinating depressing but um fascinatingly depressing that's right but i think it's important because i see people running right next to busy highways Right. How much microplastic is in that air?

relate to these rubber tires and these latex tires yeah 100 i didn't know that so i find that fascinating well not fascinating depressing but um fascinatingly depressing that's right but i think it's important because i see people running right next to busy highways Right. How much microplastic is in that air?

relate to these rubber tires and these latex tires yeah 100 i didn't know that so i find that fascinating well not fascinating depressing but um fascinatingly depressing that's right but i think it's important because i see people running right next to busy highways Right. How much microplastic is in that air?

So can you take yourself into like more kind of countryside roads instead of running next to highways? Sure. Right.

So can you take yourself into like more kind of countryside roads instead of running next to highways? Sure. Right.

So can you take yourself into like more kind of countryside roads instead of running next to highways? Sure. Right.

Open your windows. And also, if you can, invest in a quality air filter. Because a lot of that, you know, they have in... small enough kind of microns to filter out the microplastics.

Open your windows. And also, if you can, invest in a quality air filter. Because a lot of that, you know, they have in... small enough kind of microns to filter out the microplastics.

Open your windows. And also, if you can, invest in a quality air filter. Because a lot of that, you know, they have in... small enough kind of microns to filter out the microplastics.

Yeah, yeah, definitely. And one of the main things, like let's say you've just been out walking close to highways or busy roads. Leave your shoes outside the home. Don't bring your shoes inside because that's when you're now bringing those microplastic particles into your home. And those can now ride on the dust in your home.

Yeah, yeah, definitely. And one of the main things, like let's say you've just been out walking close to highways or busy roads. Leave your shoes outside the home. Don't bring your shoes inside because that's when you're now bringing those microplastic particles into your home. And those can now ride on the dust in your home.

Yeah, yeah, definitely. And one of the main things, like let's say you've just been out walking close to highways or busy roads. Leave your shoes outside the home. Don't bring your shoes inside because that's when you're now bringing those microplastic particles into your home. And those can now ride on the dust in your home.

Every time you're walking around in your home, you're kicking it up and breathing in. And if you have small children, young children, you know, their hand to mouth behavior means they are more exposed than, let's say, an adult.

Every time you're walking around in your home, you're kicking it up and breathing in. And if you have small children, young children, you know, their hand to mouth behavior means they are more exposed than, let's say, an adult.

Every time you're walking around in your home, you're kicking it up and breathing in. And if you have small children, young children, you know, their hand to mouth behavior means they are more exposed than, let's say, an adult.

Yeah, because we have so many things in our home that are just off gassing all the time.

Yeah, because we have so many things in our home that are just off gassing all the time.

Yeah, because we have so many things in our home that are just off gassing all the time.