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2. Plastic Bottles Can Leach Microplastics. Roughly 10% to 78% of bottled water samples contain contaminants, including microplastics. These are often hormone (endocrine) disruptors, and they're ...
Scientists from Columbia University are raising alarm bells about the amount of small flecks of plastic — known as nanoplastics — in bottled drinking water.Their research, which was published ...
We’re all guilty of refilling our plastic water bottles—but the consequences can be seriously harmful to your health.
The state of Sikkim has restricted the usage of plastic water bottles (in government functions and meetings) and styrofoam products. [239] The state of Bihar has banned the usage of plastic water bottles in governmental meetings. [240] The 2015 National Games of India, organised in Thiruvananthapuram, was associated with green protocols. [241]
The tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have been found in various environmental and biological matrices, including air, water, food, and human tissues. Microplastics, defined as plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm, and even smaller particles such as nanoplastics (NP), particles smaller than 1000 nm in diameter (0.001 mm or 1 μm ...
Polycarbonate plastic, which is formed from BPA, is used to make a variety of common products including baby and water bottles, sports equipment, medical and dental devices, dental fillings sealants, CDs and DVDs, household electronics, eyeglass lenses, [6] foundry castings, and the lining of water pipes. [9]
Findings are first to provide evidence that chemical’s administration increases type 2 diabetes risk, researchers say
In particular, infants were considered to be at greater risk, [88] leading to bans on the use of BPA in baby bottles and related products by the US, [89] Canada, [90] and EU [91] amongst others. Bottle producers largely switched from polycarbonate to polypropylene and there is some evidence that BPA exposure in infants has decreased as a result ...