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2. Scientists Urgently Warn: Stop Drinking Bottled Water - AOL

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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 ...

3. Bottled water contains harmful contaminants, experts warn ...

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   Water from disposable plastic bottles may carry more health risks than tap water for most people in the U.S. and other wealthy nations, experts warn. (Getty Images) (DREAMER / 500px via Getty Images)

4. Bottled water contains thousands of nanoplastics, new study ...

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   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 ...

5. Bottled water - Wikipedia

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   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 .

6. Bottled water ban - Wikipedia

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   In 2011, New Haven passed a municipal spending ban including bulk bottled water dispensers. [31] At the Town Meeting of May, 2015, Brookline, Massachusetts passed a by-law prohibiting the spending of Town funds on water in single-use plastic bottles in offices. It will be considering further restrictions based on San Francisco's ordinance.

7. This is why you should never refill your plastic water bottle

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   In a study of 259 plastic water bottles at the State University of New York at Fredonia, scientists found that 93% of the surveyed bottles had some form of microplastic contamination.

8. Polyethylene terephthalate - Wikipedia

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   Plastic bottles made from PET are widely used for soft drinks, both still and sparkling. For beverages that are degraded by oxygen, such as beer, a multilayer structure is used. PET sandwiches an additional polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) or polyamide (PA) layer to further reduce its oxygen permeability.

9. 5 reasons why you should never drink out of plastic water bottles

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   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 ...