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Microplastics In Tea & Coffee, Olive Medicine & Longevity Hot Tips | Josephine Musco

June 22, 2026

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Josephine Musco’s father was diagnosed with cancer when she was fifteen. That event set her on a lifelong investigation into why people get sick, long before epigenetics became a buzzword. Now a multidisciplinary entrepreneur—founder of the jewelry line House of Malachi, a biodynamic winemaker at Château Bellevue 1881, and the inventor of a patented tea strip—she translates complex longevity research into practical daily habits. In this conversation with Dr. Will Cole, she walks through the hidden sources of microplastic exposure, the medicinal power of olive leaf, and why she believes food should always come before supplements.

The microplastic problem hiding in plain sight

Musco calls microplastics “the silent killer of humans” and argues they are one of the most underlooked toxins infiltrating daily life. They enter the body through inhalation, consumption, and absorption—the skin being the largest organ. Microplastics range from 5 millimeters down to 1 micron, while nanoplastics are under 1 micron and invisible to the naked eye. The concern is not abstract: a single liter of bottled water was found to contain 240,000 fragments of plastic. Paper cups release 25,000 microplastics when hot liquid is poured into them. People who ate one can of soup per day for five consecutive days saw a 1,221% increase in urinary BPA.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (05:36) **Welcome & Origin Story** - Josephine Musco joins Dr. Will Cole; they bond over the A4M longevity conference and her Lebanese upbringing.
  • 2 (12:17) **From Fashion to Wellness** - Josephine’s background in high-end, intentional jewelry (House of Malachi) and how it taught her assertiveness and vision.
  • 3 (21:48) **The Aha Moment: Father’s Cancer & Epigenetics** - Her father’s diagnosis at age 15 launched her into health science and biohacking.
  • 4 (28:47) **Biodynamic Farming & Winemaking** - How her grandfather’s regenerative farming inspired her to buy a historic Livermore vineyard and become a certified biodynamic winemaker.
  • 5 (36:02) **Microplastics: The Silent Killer** - Deep dive into how microplastics and nanoplastics enter the body through inhalation, consumption, and absorption.
  • 6 (46:44) **The Tea Strip Solution** - Josephine invented a plastic-free tea delivery method after discovering toxins in every tea bag on the market.
  • 7 (54:56) **Matcha & K-Cup Dangers** - Practical warnings about hidden toxins in popular daily rituals.

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Dr. Will Cole

Show Notes

Josephine Musco — entrepreneur, biodynamic winemaker, jewelry designer, and founder of Olyxir — joins Dr. Will Cole for a conversation about the silent health crisis hiding in the most mundane places: your tea bag, your paper cup, your K-Cup, your yoga pants. She breaks down the microplastics and nanoplastics data (including the 11.6 billion microplastics released by a single tea bag), why plastic plus heat is the most dangerous combination in most people's daily routine, and how she invented the Tea Strip — a dissolvable strip of ground tea leaves with zero plastic, zero bleach, and zero compromise. They also cover epigenetics, olive leaf's antimicrobial power, selenium as the overlooked anti-aging nutrient, and the story of a father who healed with herbs from a garden and a daughter who turned his wisdom into a product. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.


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