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Top bottled water brands contaminated with plastic particles: report
- kwhitefoot 9y agoAs the process of bottling top brand water is the same as that for bottling pretty much any drink it seems likely that all drinks in plastic bottles must be contaminated in this way. Furthermore it has probably always been like this. So what other unseen problems do we have?
- kennu 9y agoIt’s interesting that the plastic particles may be coming from the bottle caps, which would mean that non-plastic bottles with plastic caps might also be affected.
- kwhitefoot 9y agoAnd is it caused by the process or is it something that continues. I mean if I reuse the bottle and cap do I continue to get more and more particles or does it happen only in the bottling plant. It would be interesting to know because I reuse plastic bottles for brewing over and over again. They are the kind that used to be used here in Norway that were actually reusable. The bottlers have abandoned them now in favour of very lightweight LDPE that can be crushed in the recycling machine in the supermarket which means that we now get new bottles for every purchase instead of a reused bottle.
- bob_theslob646 9y ago>"We have been involved with independently reviewing the findings and methodology to ensure the study is robust and credible," said lead researcher Andrew Mayes, from UEA's School of Chemistry." If that independent review confirms the findings, that will send shockwaves throughout the industry. The issue that was mentioned but has a few counter examples like Flint Michigan, is groundwater always safer than bottled water throughout the U.S?
- londons_explore 9y agoI think it's actually rather impressive that a plastic moulding process only leaves 10x100um flakes of plastic.