Bottled Water Contains Hundreds of Thousands of Plastic Particles Small Enough to Invade Human Cells, Study Finds

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesJan 9, 2024, 8:28 pm184 pts
Microplastics are so pervasive, they have been found all over the planet and in the human body. A new study has found that a liter of bottled water contains an average of approximately 240,000 detectable plastic fragments, which is 10 to 100 times more than earlier estimates, a press release from Columbia…

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