The average one-liter plastic bottle of water contains levels of “nanoplastics” that are 100 times higher than previously thought, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed study, the first to test ...
According to the research, a single polypropylene bottle exposed to hot water released more microplastic and nanoplastic ...
Previous research links tiny plastic particles to a range of adverse health conditions but largely stops short of ...
Scientists studying how tiny particles of plastic affect our everyday lives say that the amount of nanoplastics found in bottled water is between 10 to 100 times higher than researchers had previously ...
Scientists warn that bottled water may be one of the most concentrated sources of microplastics and nanoplastics humans ...
Biochar made from corn cobs can remove microplastics and ammonia from water, offering a low-cost, reusable filter made from ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A paper published Monday used a novel technique to analyze one-liter samples of ...
Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics ...
At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics — fragments of the insidious material that can be as small as a bacterial cell. But the problem is much worse than ...