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You know plastic bottles aren't great for the Earth, but you probably didn't know how bad they are. Plastic bottles make up the second most common ocean pollutant, accounting for 12% of all ...
There are a few potential concerns with plastic water bottles. “One is the plastic bottle itself,” Rumpler says. “There is some evidence to suggest that microplastics are in plastic bottled ...
Plastic water bottles have been wreaking havoc on the environment for years, but now scientists are saying that you shouldn't use them at all if you don't want to wreak havoc on your own health.
Studies have shown that drinking water from plastic bottles has significantly greater detectable plastic content than tap water. [ 46 ] These findings suggest that breastfeeding may inadvertently expose infants to endocrine-disrupting plastics, which could have lasting effects on growth and development.
Bottled water is drinking water (e.g., well water, distilled water, reverse osmosis water, mineral water, or spring water) packaged in plastic or glass water bottles. Bottled water may be carbonated or not, with packaging sizes ranging from small single serving bottles to large carboys for water coolers .
In 2009, the New South Wales town of Bundanoon voted to become the first town in the world to outlaw bottled water. [16] Its citizens voluntarily chose to ban bottled water in response to a bottling company's desire to sell water from the town's local aquifer, [17] [18] prohibiting the selling or dispensing of bottled water within the town precinct.
Findings are first to provide evidence that chemical’s administration increases type 2 diabetes risk, researchers say
It is estimated that in the U.S. alone, consumers use 1,500 plastic water bottles every single second. But only about 23% of PET plastic, which is the plastic used in disposable plastic water bottles, gets recycled. Thus, about 38 billion water bottles are thrown away annually, equating to roughly $1 billion worth of plastic. [3]