Bottled water found to contain alarming levels of plastic particles, microplastics.
New research published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that bottled water may not be as healthy and pure as claimed due to contamination with microplastics.
Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University found that the average bottle of water sold at grocery stores contains nearly 250,000 fragments of harmful nanoplastics, which are so small in size that they are invisible to the naked eye.
Instead of purchasing plastic water bottles, a person might instead purchase a glass or stainless-steel reusable bottle and fill it up with purified water that was filtered at home.
The International Bottled Water Association, a trade association that represents the bottled water industry, is of course pushing back on all this new research about micro- and nanoplastics.
"Media reports about these particles in drinking water do nothing more than unnecessarily scare consumers," the IBWA said, urging the public to remain calm and continue drinking bottled water regardless of what the science says.
"Looking at photos of UN, climate, WEF meetings, with all the plastic bottled water, it may explain the megalomania the attendees suffer from," a commenter joked on a story about the new research.
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