In a trailblazing new study, researchers have discovered bottled water sold in stores can contain 10 to 100 times more bits of plastic than previously estimated — nanoparticles so infinitesimally tiny they cannot be seen under a microscope.
At 1,000th the average width of a human hair, nanoplastics are so teeny they can migrate through the tissues of the digestive tract or lungs into the bloodstream, distributing potentially harmful synthetic chemicals throughout the body and into cells, experts say.
One liter of water — the equivalent of two standard-size bottled waters — contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles from seven types of plastics, of which 90% were identified as nanoplastics and the rest were microplastics, according to the new study.
14 Comments
TKRyer@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
So what the hell are we supposed to drink now?
MicroWave@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 2y
Good luck with that in Mexico. All drinking water is bottled and 99.999something% is plastic bottles and I can tell you that coca cola and Pepsi (having some 99something% of the market) won't give a flying fuck about the health of millions of people, or the environment, those bottles will remain plastic and fuck you all.
Candybar121@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y
Candybar121@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website · 10 pts · 2y
Don't forget ceramics!
KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
are they good or bad? now i'm not sure!
Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website · 9 pts · 2y
If you're trying to avoid micro plastics, as long as you use ceramics that don't use acrylic, you should be good.
badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 2y
But what about micro-ceramics!!
Did you know that eating the shards of just one porcelain teapot can kill an adult walrus? Imagine what the tiny nano-shards of those ceramics might do to you!!
DanglingFury@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
They could probably kill a bunch of nano walruses
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
All ceramic ware meant for food is coated with glass
Stache_@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 2y
Welp, we’re fucked 🤷🏼♂️
Binthinkin@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
No shit. You think bottled water companies are using the best plastic to protect their customers? Thats a stupid way to think honestly. No corporation has your best interests in mind and it’s been that way for at least 40 years.
The plastic industry is a cancer and gives you cancer.
Buy glass and reuse it or get a water bottle and find a clean source to draw from. Your tap may be the best option.
Candybar121@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I'm still in shock so many people actually continue to buy plastic bottles. Not only is it wasting your own money and plastic, you could have just bought one reusable water bottle and have it last you for years.
The only case I understand someone buying plastic bottles is because there is literally 0 other way to safely get drinking water, like idk Flint Michigan or Lima Peru. Almost everyone else has easy access to safe tap water, and yet they buy plastic again and again! If you continue to waste plastic bottles, you probably deserve this at this point.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 2y
Is this karma?
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
If you read the article, almost all of the nano plastic by particle count is from cheap polyamide reverse osmosis water filtration membranes - not the bottles.
Lionel@endlesstalk.org · 1 pts · 2y
Not looking good bros. This is our era’s lead poisoning.