By this point, most people know that, yes, we all have tiny bits of plastics inside our bodies, and yes, they are probably pretty bad for you. But in case you didn’t know that, then the new Netflix documentary, The Plastic Detox—which began streaming today—will open your eyes to the sobering health concerns that are related to the chemicals found in plastic products.
Directed by Louie Psihoyos (You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment) and Josh Murphy, The Plastic Detox is structured around environmental and reproductive epidemiologist Shanna H. Swan, who has been studying the correlation between microplastics and infertility for over thirty years. For the documentary, she conducts an “experiment” (which, she clarifies, cannot legally be classified as a scientific study), in which she helps six couples who are struggling to conceive to cut out as much plastic from their lives as possible. As these couples quickly
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