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Bottled water contains thousands of nanoplastics so small they can invade and damage the body’s cells, study says (www.cnn.com)

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In a trailblazing new study, researchers have discovered bottled water sold in stores can contain 10 to 100 times more bits of plastic than previously estimated — nanoparticles so infinitesimally tiny they cannot be seen under a microscope.

At 1,000th the average width of a human hair, nanoplastics are so teeny they can migrate through the tissues of the digestive tract or lungs into the bloodstream, distributing potentially harmful synthetic chemicals throughout the body and into cells, experts say.

One liter of water — the equivalent of two standard-size bottled waters — contained an average of 240,000 plastic particles from seven types of plastics, of which 90% were identified as nanoplastics and the rest were microplastics, according to the new study.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm still in shock so many people actually continue to buy plastic bottles. Not only is it wasting your own money and plastic, you could have just bought one reusable water bottle and have it last you for years.

The only case I understand someone buying plastic bottles is because there is literally 0 other way to safely get drinking water, like idk Flint Michigan or Lima Peru. Almost everyone else has easy access to safe tap water, and yet they buy plastic again and again! If you continue to waste plastic bottles, you probably deserve this at this point.