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Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study

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Post by awinder »

rb808 wrote: post #172
onion2k wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bottled water is produced close to where it's sold. The issue is in countries where the water bottling plant takes up lots of the available local water so the poorer citizens can't access it, and they can't afford the bottled water either. This means they don't have access to any clean water. One of Nestle's recent CEOs actually went on record to say say he didn't believe access to clean water should be a human r…

He didnt say that. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nestle-ceo-water-not-human...

He doesn’t think water should be a human right, he didn’t make a direct quote and the parent didn’t put anything in quotes so I don’t think there’s a problem here. A snopes “mixture” score isn’t something I’d bandy about like it’s an argument killer for sure, lol.

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Post by quickthrower2 »

myrandomcomment wrote: post #183

Ugh, I drink San Pellegrino like it is water. :) There is one sitting next to me as I type this. I like the "fuzzy water" as my daughter called it when she was 2. Any studies on if it is in the tab water and the effects of something like a Britta filter on taking them out? Our house water is though that.

Britta are going to love the microplastic awareness movement. They'll figure out a way to filter them out and then they'll sell like hot cakes.

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Post by AnonymousPlanet »

csa wrote: post #140
lottin wrote: post #130

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Best tasting or least tasting? (Since water is tasteless...)

> Since water is tasteless... I think for some people this might seem to be true. That said, for folks who are able to taste such things, clean water from different sources definitely can have tastes that differ based on the minerality of the water. I used to think this was BS, but I changed my mind after doing a deep dive into wine, in which flavors like minerality of the soil, local flowers, and the like are defini…

In Germany, every supermarket has dozens of different bottled water brands. The vast majority are not fancy and are on the lower end regarding price. You can taste your way through the different mineralisations, from kind of dry tasting over sweet to salty. It's not a surprise the guy introducing Americans to the varieties of water tastes in your link is German.

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Post by scoot »

myrandomcomment wrote: post #183

Ugh, I drink San Pellegrino like it is water. :) There is one sitting next to me as I type this. I like the "fuzzy water" as my daughter called it when she was 2. Any studies on if it is in the tab water and the effects of something like a Britta filter on taking them out? Our house water is though that.

That's both adorably cute and remarkably accurate.

I don't know how or why, San Pel's bubbles are less "fizzy" micro-bubbles, but a softer, and what feels like a larger bubble, so "fuzzy"!

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Post by bonoboTP »

lukaa wrote: post #131
Isamu wrote: post #4

It's good to see the honest qualifications in the article: >Mason's team was able to identify specific plastics over 100 microns (0.10 mm) in size but not smaller particles. According to experts contacted by CBC News, there is a chance the Nile Red dye is adhering to another unknown substance other than plastic. >Mason leaves open that possibility but leans strongly to the smaller particles being plastic. >The develo…

For practical purpose does it matter? It detects non-water particles(pollution) in twice higher ratio than in tap water and plastic bottled water is sold as way purer than tap water with 1000 time higher price. Basically it's scam.

There's a lot of glass bottled water too, at least in Germany.

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Post by cortesoft »

lukaa wrote: post #131
Isamu wrote: post #4

It's good to see the honest qualifications in the article: >Mason's team was able to identify specific plastics over 100 microns (0.10 mm) in size but not smaller particles. According to experts contacted by CBC News, there is a chance the Nile Red dye is adhering to another unknown substance other than plastic. >Mason leaves open that possibility but leans strongly to the smaller particles being plastic. >The develo…

For practical purpose does it matter? It detects non-water particles(pollution) in twice higher ratio than in tap water and plastic bottled water is sold as way purer than tap water with 1000 time higher price. Basically it's scam.

Plastic bottled water is not bought because it is higher quality. People buy it because it comes in a disposable container.

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Post by emptysands »

Reason077 wrote: post #160
slowmovintarget wrote: post #25

Went looking to see what the comparison to tap water was: > Orb found on average there were 10.4 particles of plastic per litre that were 100 microns (0.10 mm) or bigger. This is double the level of microplastics in the tap water tested from more than a dozen countries across five continents, examined in a 2017 study by Orb that looked at similar-sized plastics. Worse... it's worse than tap water.

> "Worse... it's worse than tap water." Considering the bottles are made of plastic, it would be surprising if they contained less plastic particles than tap water. What would be interesting is if glass bottled water contained a similar number of plastic particles, because that would suggest a different source of contamination.

One of the theories is that putting the caps and other mechanic actions cause friction and create the particles.

Many water pipes in houses are plastic. Would be interesting to see studies on tap water.

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Post by cortesoft »

djsumdog wrote: post #116
slowmovintarget wrote: post #25

Went looking to see what the comparison to tap water was: > Orb found on average there were 10.4 particles of plastic per litre that were 100 microns (0.10 mm) or bigger. This is double the level of microplastics in the tap water tested from more than a dozen countries across five continents, examined in a 2017 study by Orb that looked at similar-sized plastics. Worse... it's worse than tap water.

Tap water in the developed world is really really good. You can measure a country by the ability of that nation to provide clean water to people. Municipal water supplies in cities like Atlanta and Cincinnati are often tested 200~300 times per month at several pumping and maintenance locations. Bottled water is a scam, and it also is a resources that's often extracted from poor countries and communities. The document…

Unless you are in Flint...
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