E108. How Filtered Tap Water Can Cut 90% of Your Microplastic Exposure

A recent study revealed that switching from bottled water to filtered tap water can reduce your microplastic intake by up to 90%—from 90,000 particles per year to just 4,000.

In this short Raindrop episode of Practical Nontoxic Living, Sophia Ruan Gushée shares a powerful reminder of how one small change can have a big impact on your health.

🎧 Want to go deeper?

• Learn more about water filtration in Practical Nontoxic Living podcast episode 48 "Detox Your Home's Water and Sleep Areas

• Learn more about plastics in human brains in Episode 79 "50% More Microplastics in Human Brains: How to Protect Yourself"

• Explore Sophia’s personal filter journey inside the D-Tox Academy

• Read the full blog with 6 more tips: https://www.ruanliving.com/reduce-microplastics-in-water

✨ Small swaps lead to big wins for your well-being.

Part of the Ultimate Home Detox™ Unpacked series, designed to help you detox your home one Raindrop at a time. Click here to learn more: Practical Nontoxic Living™ Raindrop

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Ruan Living newsletter
• D-Tox Academy
• Practical Nontoxic Living podcast episode 48 "Detox Your Home's Water and Sleep Areas
• Practical Nontoxic Living podcast episode 79 "50% More Microplastics in Human Brains: How to Protect Yourself"

ABOUT RUAN LIVING

Grounded in the philosophy of Practical Nontoxic Living™, Ruan Living offers flexible ways for you to craft your Ultimate Home Detox™ to help you elevate your health and well-being—one thoughtful choice at a time. Specifically, we're zoned in on environmental influences—easy ones you can control—that can optimize your, and your intergenerational, healthspan and epigenetics through Practical Nontoxic Living™.

Rooted in mindfulness over perfection, we guide you with empowering insights to detox your home and body of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and stress. Ruan Living offers books, online programs, customized support, and free resources to help you create a home and lifestyle that nurtures healing and thriving. Learn more at www.ruanliving.com.

ABOUT SOPHIA RUAN GUSHEE

Sophia Ruan Gushée is the founder of Ruan Living and author of the critically acclaimed bestselling book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. Throughout her suite of Ruan Living Offerings, the diversity of Home detox paths that she has created are designed to welcome you to craft your Ultimate Home Detox™—rooted in the philosophy of Practical Nontoxic Living™, which protec