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Researchers find massive number of #plastic particles in #bottledwater
Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers Univ found roughly 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a typical liter of bottled #water. About 10% of detected plastic particles were #microplastics, and the other 90% were #nanoplastics. Microplastics are between 5mm - 1 micrometer; nanoplastics are particles less than 1 micrometer in size. For context, human hair is about 70 micrometers thick.
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/10/1223730333/bottled-water-plastic-microplastic-nanoplastic-study