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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 ...
One liter of water — the equivalent of two standard-size bottled waters — contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles from seven types of plastics, of which 90% were identified as ...
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 water.
Grist reports on legal battles against bottled water companies by consumers hoping to ... adding that the FDA has not issued regulations for nanoplastic or microplastic particles in food and ...
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 ...
A 2017 study found that 83% of tap water samples taken around the world contained plastic pollutants. [96] [97] This was the first study to focus on global drinking water pollution with plastics, [98] and showed that with a contamination rate of 94%, tap water in the United States was the most polluted, followed by Lebanon and India.
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 ...
Transparent exopolymer particles (TEPs) are extracellular acidic polysaccharides produced by phytoplankton and bacteria in saltwater, freshwater, and wastewater. [1] They are incredibly abundant and play a significant role in biogeochemical cycling of carbon and other elements in water. [ 2 ]