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Like most people, I've been growing increasingly concerned about microplastics. I don't think I started taking the fear mongering seriously until that 2024 study said we all needed to throw out our black plastic spatulas yesterday. I remember the day I heard that news, I went in my kitchen and looked around and saw that everything was plastic. So gradually I started replacing things one-by-one: plastic tupperware with glass tupperware; the dreaded black plastic spatula with a wooden one; our cheap Amazon cutting boards with butcher block. But there was one plastic kitchen tool I hadn't even thought about: the coffee maker. Everyone has one of these cheap, plastic automatic coffee makers in their home. You can usually get one for like $15. It releases hot, boiling water through a plastic tube that then passes through a plastic funnel straight into your coffee. Although I tried my hardest not to give in to fear mongering (especially since it was later revealed that that 2024 study got…

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