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I Study Microplastics. 4 Things Help Reduce My Kids’ Exposure.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tracey Woodruff, the director of the Program on Reproductive Health & the Environment at the University of California, San Francisco. She studies how microplastics and toxic chemicals impact fertility and child development. The below has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve…

No duh: Heavy social media use and irritability are correlated, new study says

I’m about to blow your mind. You’ll never believe this.Heavy social media use correlates to higher irritability, according to a study from Northeastern.I’m truly shocked, SHOCKED!Have you felt irritable lately? Cranky? Been bothered by other people? Felt like snapping at someone?Let me ask, have you, by any chance, logged onto…