1L plastic water bottle contains around 240,000 plastic bits
Tuesday, 9 January 2024 Bottled water is not chemical-free- a new study has shed more light on this hard-hitting truth. Researchers at Columbia University and Rutgers University have found that bottled water is far worse than one can imagine of. The researchers have found that on an average, a litre contained some 240,000 detectable plastic fragments -- 10 to 100 times greater than previous estimates, which were based mainly on larger sizes.
Bottled Water Contains Large Amounts , of Plastic Particles, Researchers Say.
Columbia University and Rutgers University researchers tested three brands
of bottled water, NPR reports.
240,000 plastic fragments were detected
in a standard liter of bottled water.
Of those detected fragments, 10%...
Tuesday, 9 January 2024
