
Consumer Confidence, GOP Town Hall, Microplastic Study
Season 2025 Episode 38 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Consumer confidence is low. GOP lawmakers under attack. Microplastics in our brains.
Consumer confidence has dipped to its lowest rating since 2021. The American consumer is getting worried about the economy. GOP lawmakers are finding themselves increasingly under attack at their own town halls by their own constituents. Most humans have a teaspoon-sized amount of microplastics in their brains, according to a study by the University of New Mexico.
Arizona Horizon is a local public television program presented by Arizona PBS

Consumer Confidence, GOP Town Hall, Microplastic Study
Season 2025 Episode 38 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Consumer confidence has dipped to its lowest rating since 2021. The American consumer is getting worried about the economy. GOP lawmakers are finding themselves increasingly under attack at their own town halls by their own constituents. Most humans have a teaspoon-sized amount of microplastics in their brains, according to a study by the University of New Mexico.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON:WHY REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE FINDING THEMSELVES UNDER ATTACK AT THEIR OWN TOWN HALLS.ALSO, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HOW INFLATION HAS CAUSED CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TO DIP TO ITS LOWEST SINCE 2021. .
.AND, WE'LL HEAR FROM A PROFESSOR ABOUT THE RISE OF MICROPLASTICS FOUND IN THE HUMAN BODY AND WHAT THREAT THEY CAN POSE.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
I'M STEVE GOLDSTEIN, IN FOR TED SIMONS.PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HELD THE FIRST CABINET MEETING OF HIS SECOND TERM TODAY AND BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK TOOK PART.AT THE MEETING, TRUMP ADMITTED THAT SOME OF HIS CABINET MEMBERS "DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT" WITH MUSK.
CNN REPORTS THAT MUSK'S DIRECTIVES TO FEDERAL WORKERS HAVE STARTED TO BUG SOME CABINET SECRETARIES.
MUSK SAID HE WAS THERE AS "TECH SUPPORT.
A BIG WIN FOR TRUMP LAST NIGHT AS THE HOUSE VOTED ALONG PARTY LINES TO APPROVE A BUDGET PLAN THAT TRUMP WANTED.
THE PLAN PASSED AFTER A PUSH FROM TRUMP.
THE PLAN HAS 880 BILLION DOLLARS IN CUTS OVER A DECADE.
MANY EXPERTS SAY THAT CANNOT BE DONE WITHOUT CUTTING ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS BUT TRUMP HAS VOWED NOT TO CUT MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON HOPES THE SENATE STICKS WITH THE HOUSE PLAN.
>> WE ARE HERE TO LOOK AT THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT.
WE WILL DO THAT EVERY CHANCE WE CAN.
I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE HOUSE VERSION.
WE DEMONSTRATED HOW DELICATE THE BALANCE IS.
IF YOU CHANGE THE TERMS IT'S DIFFICULT TO PASS.
AN AVONDALE CITY COUNCILWOMAN WHO FALSELY ACCUSED TOM HANKS OF BEING A "PEDO" A SHORT-HAND TERM FOR PEDOPHILE, IS FACING A CODE OF CONDUCT INQUIRY BY THE COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER JEANNETTE GARCIA NOW SAYS SHE NEVER USED THE TERM PEDO TO ACCUSE HANKS, AND BLAMED THE MEDIA AND CRITICS FOR THE CONTROVERSY, AS WELL AS DEMOCRATS WHO SHE SAID WERE RACIST AGAINST CONSERVATIVE HISPANICS.
AT FIRST GARCIA SAID THE TERM PEDO IS ALSO A SPANISH WORD FOR BODILY GASES.>>> THE FIRST MEASLES DEATH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS.THE CHILD WHO DIED WAS NOT VACCINATED AND HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
IT'S THE FIRST MEASLES DEATH IN THE U. S. SINCE 2015.
THE NUMBER OF MEASLES CASES IN THE WEST TEXAS OUTBREAK IS NOW UP TO 124, WITH 18 PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS UKRANIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKY WILL COME TO THE WHITE HOUSE FRIDAY TO SIGN A DEAL ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECONSTRUCTION OF HIS COUNTRY.
TRUMP SAYS HE IS HAPPY WITH THE DEAL THAT WILL GIVE THE U. S. ACCESS TO RARE EARTH MINERALS, SAYING THE U. S. WILL GET MONEY BACK SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE PLUS MORE ON TOP OF THAT.
MEANWHILE, TRUMP SAYS RUSSIA WILL HAVE TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO END THE WAR BUT HAS NOT SAID WHAT THOSE WILL BE.>>> RECENT ACTS FROM ELON MUSK AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE CAUSED A DIVIDE IN RESPONSES FROM CONSTITUENTS AT GOP LAWMAKER'S TOWN HALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE WELCOME FORMER ARIZONA GOP CONGRESSMEN MATT SALMON TO ARIZONA HORIZON TO DISCUSS WHAT THIS DISCONNECTION MEANS FOR REPUBLICANS.
FIRST, HOW WOULD YOU REACT IF YOU WERE GETTING THE ANGRY REACTION WE ARE GETTING AT THIS POINT.
>> I HAD A LOT OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WHICH IS A REPUBLIC.
THAT MEANS WE SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT THAT ARE SENT TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING IT WILL OF THE VOTERS THAT SENT THEM.
SO, WHEN I DID MY RETURN THERE WERE MANY TIMES VOTERS WOULD SHARE THEIR DISCOMFORT WITH SOMETHING GOING ON.
IF YOU DON'T LISTEN THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE THERE FOR.
YOU BETTER TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
THEY SAY THERE ARE PEOPLE BEING SENT IN.
IT SEEMS LIKE VOTERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
IN GENERAL, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT SORT OF ANSWER BACK SAYING THESE ARE NOT THE CONSTITUENTS.
IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEM.
THAT'S WHY THEY BLAME IT ON A LIBERAL GROUP.
>> NO, THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES I'D LOVE TO SAY THEY WEREN'T MY CONSTITUENTS THEY ARE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ANAUDIA EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH THE VOTE YOU CAST AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
ONE SATURDAY PER MONTH, I'D INVITE PEOPLE TO COME IN FROM 8 TO 10 HOURS AND TELL ME WHAT WAS ON THEIR MIND.
I GOT TO MEET WITH A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RATHER THAN BLAMING A CONSPIRACY, MEMBERS NEED TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND IF THEY DON'T THEY WILL BE CALLED FORMER CONGRESSMAN.
>> WE HEARD ABOUT HOW MUCH POWER ELON MUSK HAS AT THIS POINT.
TO SOME EXTENT, ONE CAN UNDERSTAND HE'S NOT ELECTED.
PRESIDENT TRUMP BROUGHT HIM IN AND THAT'S ONE THING.
AS A FORMER CONGRESSMAN, THE POWER OF THE PURSE AND HAVING DOGE MAKE CUTS WILLY-NILLY.
THEY SAID WAIT A SECOND.
YOU ARE JUST CUTTING AND NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU WERE IN CONGRESS HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?
>> CONGRESS IS SUPPOSED TO PASS 12 APPROPRIATION BILLS EVERY YEAR.
YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE THEY HAVE DONE THAT?
IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS.
WHEN I WAS PART OF THE CLASS OF '94.
NOT ONLY DID WE PASS A REAL BUDGET.
NOT CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS.
WE WEPT THROUGH EACH APPROPRIATION AND SEE WHAT'S OBSOLETE, WHO'S NOT.
AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I LEFT, THERE WAS $150 BILLION SURPLUS.
I'M THRILLED THERE IS AN IDEA OF CUTTING GOVERNMENT BUT MUST BE DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
I TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THE CONSTITUTIONS.
ASHICAL ONE GIVES ONE ENTITY THE POWER OF THE PURSE AND THAT'S CONGRESS.
>> SHOULD SOME REPUBLICANS BE SAYING SOME OF THESE THINGS.
IF THEY WANT TO BE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SIDE, SHOULD THEY SPEAK MORE OUT ABOUT WHAT ELON AND DOGE ARE DOING?
>> THE FREEDOM CAUCUS WAS CREATED FOR TWO PURPOSES.
ONE WAS TO ADHERE STRICTLY TO THE CONSTITUTION.
NUMBER TWO, IS CUT WASTEFUL SPENDING.
THEY NEED TO BE SPEAKING UP WHEN THINGS ARE NOT DONE BY THE CONSTITUTION.
I'M A STRICT CONSTITUTIONALIST.
ONLY ONE OUT OF THREE.
THE LEGISLATURE, MIN STRAITIVE, AND JUDICIAL.
ONLY ONE HAS THE POWER OF THE PURSE.
THEY FUND GOVERNMENT AND THEY CUT GOVERNMENT.
IF THEY DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, BY DOING AN APPROPRIATION BILL, IF THEY WANT TO CUT AN AGENCY, DO IT THERE.
THE ANSWER IS NOT, WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR A MONARCHY.
WE LIVE-IN A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
WE NEED TO DO IT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
>> WILL WE GET TO THE POINT THAT SOME OF THE CUTS IT WON'T BE TOO LATE BUT WILL THE CONSTITUTION MAKE IT TOO LATE IF MUSK TAKES THE CHAINSAW TO IT.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
THEY NEED TO BE VOCAL ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.
LET ME GET BACK TO ONE THING YOU SAID.
YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT TRUMP PLEDGED NOTHING WILL BE DONE WITH ENTITLEMENT SPENDING.
IT'S 75% OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET.
YOU CANNOT GET TO A BALANCED BUDGET WITHOUT DEALING WITH THAT.
THEY SAID WITHIN 10 YEARS THEY DO BROKE.
THEY BETTER BE FOCUSED ON THAT.
>> WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT.
I SAW AN AD FOR MEDICARE BUT SAYING MEDICARE IS MESSED UP BECAUSE OF JOE BIDEN.
THIS IS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN OFFICE.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE, ARE THE STRATEGIES HEDGING AGAINST THEM.
IF WE HAVE TO CUT MEDICARE IT'S BECAUSE OF BIDEN.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN AND SHOULD BE DONE.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT CUTS BUT THERE MUST BE CHANGES TO THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE.
WITH SOCIAL SECURITY THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGES TO THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE.
IF THEY DON'T ADDRESS THEY THAT WILL NEVER GET TO A BALANCED BUDGET.
THEY HAVE TO FOCUS ON THAT LIKE A LASER ALABAMA.
>> MATT SALMON, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> A RECENT REPORT SHOWS THE INDEX FELL FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH IN FEBRUARY.
JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS IS DENNIS HOFFMAN FROM THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE STEVE.
>> TELL ME HOW CONSUMER CONFIDENCE MEASURES.
>> THERE ARE TWO THAT ARE POPULAR THEY COME A FEW TIMES PER MONTH AND THEY ARE CAPTURING BY DESIGN A RANDOM SAMPLE OF RESPONDENTS THEY SLICE IT BY AGE AND GENDER AND POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
THAT SENTIMENT IS VERY DIFFERENT, NOT ONLY TODAY BUT YESTERDAY AND IT HAS PICKED UP.
IN FACT, LOOK AT INDEPENDENT.
BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO THE DEMOCRATS WERE OPTIMISTIC.
THE REPUBLICANS WERE NOT.
IT'S FLIPPED RIGHT NOW.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WE SPOKE ABOUT THE PRICE OF EGGS.
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THE ECONOMY WAS DOING WELL AND PEOPLE EXPECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BACK AND IT WILL GO GREAT BUT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SAYS IT'S NOT GOING GREAT.
>> THAT WAS A LOT OF TAIL WEDNESDAY IT WAS A SIMPLE LOGIC.
WE HATE INFLATION IN 2017, 2018, AND 2019 TRUMP WITH PRESIDENT.
THEY WANTED HIM BACK BECAUSE WE HATE INFLATION.
I'D TRY TO REMIND PEOPLE.
I HEARD NOTHING IN THE PROPOSED POLICIES THAT ANTI-INFLATION.
MOST OF THE PROPOSAL WILL STOKE INFLATION.
THEY WILL BE DISRUPTIVE AT THE LABOR MARKET.
THAT'S INFLATIONARY.
>> IT IS AND HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TRANSITORY.
INFLATION LINGERED.
PEOPLE FOCUSED ON IT.
THE AG EXAMPLE; THEY DON'T LIKE INFLATION.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, YOU KNOW, IF THEY READ INTO THE POLLS OR INTO THE CONFIDENCE INDEXES, THEY WILL HAVE TO REDOUBLE EFFORTS TO FIGHT INFLATION.
THAT'S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE.
SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTALS, OF COURSE THERE IS DEPORTATION AND TARIFFS AND TAX CUTS.
I'D LIKE A TAX CUT FOR EVERYONE.
THE NOTION ABOUT THE DOGE SAVINGS NEED TO BE PACKAGED TOGETHER IT'S INFLATIONARY.
>> EXACTLY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT TARIFFS AND THE IMPACT OF THAT.
IT FEELS LIKE, IT'S JUST ME TALKING.
WE LIKE THE TARIFFS ON CHINA BUT NOT MEXICO AND CANADA.
>> IT'S ABOUT PENALIZING THOSE COUNTRIES.
THEY WANT RETRIBUTION.
THE CASE FOR IMPOSING TARIFFS ON YOUR FRIENDS.
THE CASE FOR IMPOSING TARIFFS ON PARTS OF THE AUTO SUPPLY CHAIN THAT NEED TO FUNCTION ACROSS-COUNTRIES.
THAT'D A ZERO.
THERE IS NO CASE FOR THAT.
>> IT'S NONSENSAL.
>> WHAT WILL MAKE IT MORE POSITIVE.
>> WE NEED NEGATIVE READS ON INFLATION.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED, IT'S VERY REFLECTIVE OF THE STOCK MARKET.
IN FAIRNESS, THE CONFIDENCE CALLED 10 OR 12.
YOU COULD HAVE DROPPING CONFIDENCE AND BOWS OFF OF IT.
IT IS IN DEED DEED THE CASE ALL HAVE BEEN PROCEEDED BY ERODING CONFIDENCE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL NECESSARILY BRING US A RECESSION.
THE RISK IS HIGHER.
>> HOW MUCH OF A CONSUMER DRIVEN ECONOMY DO WE HAVE NOW.
IS THAT PART OF THE STRUGGLE.
BEFORE WE SAW THE BIG BOX STORES CLOSING.
IT FELT LIKE GOING WAY BACK WHEN GEORGE W. WAS PRESIDENT WE COULDN'T LET THE TERRORIST WIN BY GOING TO THE MALL.
HOW MUCH IS BUYING EFFECTING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
>> FUNDAMENTALLY, WE HAVE A HUGE APPETITE FOR CONSUMPTION.
WE'D LIKE TO CONSUME FAR MORE THAN WE COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE.
YOU KNOW, GIVEN ANY ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.
WE HAVE TO IMPORT PRODUCTS.
THOSE PRODUCTS, IF THEY FACE TARIFFS WILL BE MORE COSTLY.
>> RIGHT.
>> WE WILL GUM UP SUPPLY CHAINS IT WAS NO INFLATION ON THE PLANET.
NOT THAT TRUMP KEPT INFLATION DOWN.
THERE WAS NONE ON THE PLANET.
AFTER COVID-19 IN 2002 WHEN MR. BIDEN WAS STRUGGLING TO FIGHT IT.
EVERY DEVELOPED COUNTRY HAD THE SAME STRUGGLE.
NIB INFLAMMATION, HIGH INFLATION.
ALMOST DOWN TO NO INFLATION.
YOU KNOW, THIS FALL THE INFLATION RATE IN PHOENIX IS 1.6%.
WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> GAS PRICES WENT DOWN ALSO.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>>> A STUDY FOUND THAT MOST HUMANS HAVE A TEASPOON AMOUNT OF MICROPLASTICS IN THEIR BRAIN.
STUDIES ALSO HAVE SHOWN THAT THE AMOUNT OF MICROPLASTICS FOUND IN HUMANS HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY INCREASING.
PROFESSOR PIERRE HERCKES OF ASU'S SCHOOL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES JOINS US WITH MORE.
>> THEY CAN HAVE ALL KINDS OF SHAPE AND THEY CAN ALSO BY FIBERS.
SOME OF OUR CLOTHINGS ARE MICROPLASTICS WE COULD HAVE A VARIETY OF SHAPES AND SIZES.
>> HAS THIS BEEN AROUND FOR LONGER THAN WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT OR SCIENTIST HAD THE CAPACITY TO STUDY.
SINCE WE STARTED MAKING THEM THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND.
IT'S LARGER THAN A MICRO.
WE CAN SEE THEM WITH A MICROSCOPE.
WE CAN VISUALLY SEE AND COUNT THEM.
THEY ARE RELATIVELY EASY ONCE THEY GET SMALLER WHICH IS 150th OF THE THICKNESS OF YOUR HAIR.
THOSE THERE IS NO REASON THEY WOULDN'T STOP.
THEY GET SMALLER AND SMALLER THE OTHERS WE CANNOT EASILY SEE THEM OR MEASURE THEM.
I KNOW RECENTLY WERE WE ABLE TO HAVE A METHOD TO DETERMINE IF QUANTITY.
THAT'S WHEN THE NEW AND SCARY THING WITH A NEW MEXICO STUDY.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE RANGE OF MICROPLASTICS OUT THERE.
>> WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE STUDY.
I'LL ASK YOU ONE QUESTION.
ONE TEASPOON SOUNDS LIKE QUITE A BIT.
DOES IT RING TRUE TO YOU?
>> YEAH, JUST A LOT.
SOME OF THE PARTICCAL ANALYTICS LOOK AT THE NORMAL PARTICLES.
EVEN ON THE OLDER BRAIN THEY LOOKED AT THEY HAD MICROPLASTICS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SAMPLE.
IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
THEY TOOK PRECAUTIONS IN THE STUDY.
>> WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST HEALTH CONCERNS OF MICROPLASTICS.
CAN IT HELP THEM LOOK BACK AND SAY THERE WAS A TREND IN THIS ILLNESS OR SICKNESS.
IT WAS TIED TO MICROPLASTICS.
>> THERE IS STILL A LOT WE NEED TO LEARN.
THEY HAVE ADDITIVES TO THEM.
BUY PLASTIC BOTTLES THAT ARE PBA FREE.
THEY CAN HAVE COLORING AGENTS IN THEM AND SUNSCREENS AND METALS IN IT.
IF THEY ACCUMULATE IN THE BODY, THESE CHEMICALS GET TRANSPORTED IN THE BODY AND REACH OUT AND HAVE AN EFFECT.
FOR SOME, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CONCERN THEY WILL INTERFERE WITH HORMONAL TESTIMONIES THAT COULD LEAD TO PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S STILL REALLY EARLY UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN.
>> BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE AND BEING MICRO, THEY CAN GET INTO THE BLOODSTREAM AND FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE BRAINS.
THEY DON'T NEED HELP BECAUSE OF THE SIZE.
>> YES, SO, SOME OF THEM, SOME OF THE CHEMICALS WOULDN'T GET TO THIS PLACE IN THE BODY.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE PARTICLES MOVE IN THE BODY.
WHILE THEY BLOCK BRAIN BARRIERS.
THAT'S A REALLY SCARY THING IN THE STUDY THAT WE SEE WITH THE ORGANIZE THEY LOOK AT.
THEY HAD THE MOST MICROPLASTICS WITHIN THE BRAIN.
THEY HAVE DEMENTIA THE MICROPLASTICS WAS AT THE HIGHEST.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A CAUSALITY OR THE DISEASE FAVORED THE PLAS SICKS.
THERE ARE THINGS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.
>> THIS IS UNSCIENTIFIC QUESTION.
WE HAVE PLASTIC BOTTLES IN THE CAR IN IS TUMOR AND THE BOTTLE GETS HOTTER AND HOTTER.
YOU DON'T REALIZE, IF THAT'S A CONCERN, THE OVERHEATING, COULD THAT BRING MORE MICROPLASTICS?
>> YEAH, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF MICROPLASTICS BUT THE OTHER CHEMICALS.
WHY YOU SHOULDN'T MICROWAVE IN A PLASTIC CONTAINERS.
A LOT OF THE ADDITIVES ARE NOT LINKED VERY WELL TO THE PLASTIC.
WHEN YOU WARM IT UP OR SO, YOU TAKE THE DEFUSION OR MOVEMENT OF THE POLLUTANTS OUT OF THE PLASTIC INTO YOUR WATER.
IT CAN HELP MOVE SOME OF THE PLASTICS IN THE WATER.
>> HOW CAN WE AVOID HOW DO YOU MOVE THEM.
>> THAT'S THE FIRST THING, IF YOU MINIMIZE THE USAGE OF WE HAVE WATER TO AIR.
THAW COME FROM MISMANAGEMENT OF PLASTICS.
MANY OF THE MOLECULES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE MICROPLASTICS.
MAYBE RECONSIDER USING PLASTIC CUTLERY OR STUDIES SHOW, IF YOU USE A PLASTIC CUTTING BOARD THERE IS A RISK YOU HAVE TO FREE MORE MICROPLASTICS.
ANY MECHANICAL PROCESS WITH PLASTICS.
THE MORE YOU DON'T USE PLASTIC IT'S THE BETTER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THAT'S IT FOR ARIZONA HORIZON TONIGHT.
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