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Study reveals bottled water contains exponentially more plastic than previously thought

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A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal „Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences“ provides an unprecedented look at the mysterious world of plastic pollution. A.
Yikes! Scientists have been studying plastic-based environmental pollution by looking at microplastic particles. A concerning study of microscopic plastic particles at the sub-micron level shows bottled water is more polluted than tap water.
A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal „Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences“ provides an unprecedented look at the mysterious world of plastic pollution. A team of researchers at Columbia University developed a new optical imaging technology, which they used for rapid analysis of nanoplastic particles in bottled water.
The imaging solution allowed scientists to profile individual „nanoplastic“ particles. Nanoplastics measure less than one micrometer or less than one-seventieth the width of a human hair.

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