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Bottled water contains millions of small particles, thousands of which are nanoplastics so tiny they can invade the body’s cells, a study finds. ... Anything smaller is a nanoplastic that must ...
Scientists studying how tiny particles of plastic affect our everyday lives say that the amount of nanoplastics found in bottled water is between 10 to 100 times higher than researchers had ...
A 2018 study found that tap water has fewer microplastics than bottled water, making it a likely better bet. Filtering your water is another possible way to decrease microplastics in drinking ...
Tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have been found in various environmental and biological matrices, including air, water, food, and human tissues. MPs, defined as plastic fragments smaller than 5 millimeter (mm), and even smaller particles such as nanoplastics (NPs), particles smaller than 1000 nanometer (nm) in diameter (0.001 mm or ...
Before you throw away all of your bottles of water, researchers say little is known about the effects of nanoplastics in water. Nanoplastics way more common in bottled water than previously ...
In one study, 93% of the bottled water from 11 different brands showed microplastic contamination. Per liter, researchers found an average of 325 microplastic particles. [73] Of the tested brands, Nestlé Pure Life and Gerolsteiner bottles contained the most microplastic with 930 and 807 microplastic particles per liter (MPP/L), respectively. [73]
The surface waters of the Mediterranean Sea present concentrations of microplastics that, according to a 2015 study (UNEP/MAP), [3] are above 100.000 objects per km2, with more than 64.000.000 floating particles per km2. [34] As of 2019, the most common types of microplastics found are polyethylene, polystyrene, polyester and polypropylene. [35]
Prior research has found that one liter of bottled water — the equivalent of two standard-size bottled waters — contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles.