The widespread sale of water in plastic bottles、through vending machines
and convenience stores、 has become a part of modern life. You might be
surprised to learn that when you drink this water,you could also be drinking
plastic. A new study of bottled water sold around the world has found that tny
pieces of plastic are i the Water. For noW, Scientists can only guess at the source
of the plastic. Whether drinking this water is dangerous also remains unknown.
Scientists looked at bottled water from many Darts of the world. They found
that each Hiter held an average of 10 pieces of plastic wider than a human hair,
yith 300 smaller particles, but some contained thousands. These small
called “microplastics.” According to the National Oceanic and
ration, microplastics are defined as plastic bits that are less
width. Many of these particles “are smal enough to be
ersity of New York in Fredonia.
n tested the water on behalf of Orb Media, a
and the Canadian Broadcasting
ories about the research.
。 and oceans. Finding them has
harder. Microplastics in water
by sunlight and ocean
as fleece and nylon are
