Report 1 · Microplastics & PFAS
What’s building up in your body, and what the research says to do about it.
Microplastics and PFAS — the “forever chemicals” — turn up in food, water, and everyday products. This workbook separates what is well established from what is still emerging, so you can act without panic.
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Who this is for
- You’ve seen the headlines about plastics and “forever chemicals” and want to know what is actually proven.
- You’re pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or raising young children and want to prioritise what matters.
- You received a water-contamination notice, or live near a site where PFAS were used.
- You want to cut exposure sensibly, without a closet full of products you don’t need.
What’s inside
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- 1
The cocktail problem
Why chemicals tested one at a time miss how they add up in the body.
- 2
PFAS: where they come from and what the evidence shows
- 3
Microplastics: what we know, what we don’t yet
- 4
How exposure happens: water, food, products, dust
- 5
How to read an evidence grade
Established, Probable, Emerging.
- 6
What testing can and can’t tell you
- 7
Practical steps, ranked by evidence
- 8
A printable page to bring to your doctor
A look at the pages
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How we weigh the evidence
Dr. Dahlgren has read more than 260,000 peer-reviewed studies and built them into a research database. Every claim in the workbook is tied to that evidence and graded, so you can see at a glance how much weight it deserves.
- Evidence grade: Established
- Consistent findings across many human studies; widely accepted.
- Evidence grade: Probable
- Good evidence of an association; some uncertainty about dose, timing, or cause.
- Evidence grade: Emerging
- Early or mixed findings; worth watching, not worth assuming.
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- Evidence grade: Probable[TODO: sample claim from the finished workbook]
- Evidence grade: Emerging[TODO: sample claim from the finished workbook]
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