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view article - Cooking Up Contamination 04.10.2025 view article - Cooking Up Contamination Environment Environmental Health Cooking Up Contamination Using plastic cookware daily could introduce up to 5,000 pieces of microplastics into your meals each year. Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond