Over 2 Lakh Plastic Particles In 1-Litre Water Bottle


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Plastic pollution is one of the most dangerous kind of pollution as it severely damages the environment

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The hard synthetic polymers make it very difficult for the natural process to degrade plastic

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But a new study has claimed that a bottle of water that we use everyday contains 240,000 plastic fragments

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In comparison, a litre of tap water contains 5.5 particles of plastic

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It may shock anyone who has swapped from tap to bottled water, believing it was better for their health

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These nanoplastics have already been linked to cancer, fertility problems and birth defects

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The authors of the study invented a new microscopy technique and used an algorithm to 25 one-litre bottles

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They found 110,000 to 370,000 tiny plastic particles in each liter, 90% of them nanoplastics

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While plastic pollution exists everywhere on Earth, bottled water is of particular interest to scientists

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A 2022 study found that the concentration of microplastics in bottled water was higher than in tap water

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