A short YouTube video by Dr. Diane Mueller linking exposure to certain plastics—based on animal studies—to emotional dysregulation, particularly anxiety. The speaker notes early-life exposure in animal models can lead to anxiety and gives practical tips to reduce personal plastic exposure (avoid plastic water bottles, limit Tupperware, avoid heated plastics).
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Foreign with emotions. Most of these studies are still done on animals. And so the animal studies are showing that when we are subjected to these particular plastics, sometimes as early as a very young infant, and infant animals in this case, then what winds up happening is anxiety forms. So we get emotional dysregulation that can manifest as anxiety. So, of course, we can't remove plastics entirely from our life. They are basically everywhere. But we can control a lot of things. So making sure we're not drinking out of plastic water bottles, if we are storing food in Tupperware, really getting Tupperware out of our house as much as possible, Definitely making sure that you are not subjected to plastic that is in heat. So think about buying plastic water bottles, say, at a store, at a gas station or grocery store. Well, imagine those plastic water.