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The global average density for 259 bottles across 11 global brands was 325 microplastic particles per litre.
Bottled water, marketed as being a pure and cleaner alternative to normal drinking water, is not as clean as it is advertised to be. They have been found to contain microplastic and other particles.
Widespread contamination with plastic debris was revealed in exclusive tests run on more than 250 bottles from 11 leading brands, collected from nine countries.
While some bottles had effectively zero plastic, one was found to contain over 10,000 particles per litre, according to the findings of Orb Media, a non-profit journalism organization based in Washington.
The global average was 325 microplastic particles per litre of bottled water. Plastic was found in 93% of the samples.
However, it is still unclear what effect the microplastic particles have on human health.
The bottle brands tested are Bisleri owned by Bisleri; Dasani of Coca-Cola; Evian, Aqua of Danone; Gerolsteiner of Gerolsteiner; Minalba of Minalba; Nestle Pure life, San Pellegrino of Nestle; Aquafina, E-pura of PepsiCo; Wahaha of Wahaha.
Averaging across lots by brand, Nestle Pure Life and Gerolsteiner showed the highest average densities at 930 and 807 MPP/L, respectively, while San Pellegrino and Minalba showed the lowest microplastic contamination with 30.0 and 63.1 MPP/L, respectively, according to research findings.
The study data indicated that the contamination is at least partially coming from the packaging and or the bottling process itself.
The global average density for 259 bottles across 11 global brands was 325 microplastic particles per litre.
Bottled water, marketed as being a pure and cleaner alternative to normal drinking water, is not as clean as it is advertised to be. They have been found to contain microplastic and other particles.
Widespread contamination with plastic debris was revealed in exclusive tests run on more than 250 bottles from 11 leading brands, collected from nine countries.
While some bottles had effectively zero plastic, one was found to contain over 10,000 particles per litre, according to the findings of Orb Media, a non-profit journalism organization based in Washington.
The global average was 325 microplastic particles per litre of bottled water. Plastic was found in 93% of the samples.
However, it is still unclear what effect the microplastic particles have on human health.
The bottle brands tested are Bisleri owned by Bisleri; Dasani of Coca-Cola; Evian, Aqua of Danone; Gerolsteiner of Gerolsteiner; Minalba of Minalba; Nestle Pure life, San Pellegrino of Nestle; Aquafina, E-pura of PepsiCo; Wahaha of Wahaha.
Averaging across lots by brand, Nestle Pure Life and Gerolsteiner showed the highest average densities at 930 and 807 MPP/L, respectively, while San Pellegrino and Minalba showed the lowest microplastic contamination with 30.0 and 63.1 MPP/L, respectively, according to research findings.
The study data indicated that the contamination is at least partially coming from the packaging and or the bottling process itself.
