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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