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Scientists find 250K invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:07 am
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:07 am
AP News
Jesus. You can't even drink water from a bottle, anymore.
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The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers.
Looking at five samples each of three common bottled water brands, researchers found particle levels ranged from 110,000 to 400,000 per liter, averaging at around 240,000.
Much of the plastic seems to be coming from the bottle itself.
They were common and bought at a WalMart.
Researchers still can’t answer the big question: Are those nanoplastic pieces harmful to health?
“That’s currently under review. We don’t know if it’s dangerous or how dangerous,” said study co-author Phoebe Stapleton, a toxicologist at Rutgers. “We do know that they are getting into the tissues (of mammals, including people) … and the current research is looking at what they’re doing in the cells.”
Jesus. You can't even drink water from a bottle, anymore.
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Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:07 am to HubbaBubba
We should have stuck with glass for all our bottling needs.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:08 am to HubbaBubba
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Much of the plastic seems to be coming from the bottle itself.
I think we've known for a long time it's a lot better for you to drink out of other materials besides plastic.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:09 am to HubbaBubba
this is why our taints are so small 
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:09 am to HubbaBubba
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Jesus. You can't even drink water from a bottle, anymore.
One of my crazy exs refused to drink out of water bottles unless they were fresh out of the refrigerator and cold because “warm water bottles leak chemicals in the water and are bad for you”
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:10 am to HubbaBubba
Side note - I remember hearing Lance Armstrong, some time ago, saying that anti-dopers were trying to capitalize on this by testing blood and seeing if plastic nanoparticles were contained within. The argument would be that those particles came from an IV bag, thus doping.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:10 am to HubbaBubba
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The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers.
Thank goodness for Stanleys, amiright?
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:13 am to HubbaBubba
Did they do research so see if there were nano particles of glass in water from a glass bottle? I would assume there would be these particles from any source container
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:18 am to HubbaBubba
I only buy water in glass or cans. Figure my near ancestors consumed so much beer, etc that way and they seemed to be ok.
Having said that people buy way too much water when it’s basically free and safe from the tap.
Having said that people buy way too much water when it’s basically free and safe from the tap.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:21 am to HubbaBubba
cool, now do low quality stainless cups
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 11:21 am
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:23 am to HubbaBubba
Anybody who ever thought drinking the same damn water from a plastic water that comes from the tap in your house was somehow preferable is an idiot. The western world has access to the safest drinking water that mankind has ever had access to and we frick around and put it in plastic bottles for the sake of convenience. My kids will not touch tap water...but I refill the 5 gallon water jug on the water cooler in the kitchen from the tap and they will drink it dry. They are the norm. There are places all over the country where you can bottle your own water from the same damned municipal source in your home and folks are convinced its better.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:28 am to HubbaBubba
Most modern plumbing systems deliver water to the tap via a plastic pipe. Dated systems may well deliver it via a copper pipe with lead solder. The trouble with bottled water ain't the plastic, its the same water that comes from a tap on a municipal source. All of the spring, mountain, glacier bull shite is just that, bull shite. It comes from a municipal water system in an industrial setting and is shipped in all manner of ill ways to your door. Just turn on the tap.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:35 am to HubbaBubba
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Much of the plastic seems to be coming from the bottle itself.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:45 am to HubbaBubba
Scientist also discovered 250k invisible nano poop particles in ancient sheep bladder canteens.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 11:58 am to HubbaBubba
They didn't even name the source companies, and they clearly didn't compare the water in the bottles to the water prior to bottling.
What a farcical study. It's a shame so many will fall for this shite.
What a farcical study. It's a shame so many will fall for this shite.
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:00 pm to HubbaBubba
None of us is going to live forever, and I have just as many reservations about Louisiana tap water as I do with bottled water.
Ultimately, from a historical and global perspective our water is very safe.
As far as shite to worry about goes, it’s pretty low on my list.
Ultimately, from a historical and global perspective our water is very safe.
As far as shite to worry about goes, it’s pretty low on my list.
This post was edited on 1/9/24 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:30 pm to HubbaBubba
Those are rookie numbers
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:31 pm to HubbaBubba
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Jesus. You can't even drink water from a bottle, anymore.
Ive got more bad news for you...even if you avoid the plastic leached from plastic bottles, tap water is full of contaminants and hormones(get into the water supply after being passed from women on BC). You can probably draw a direct line from the time periods of oral contraceptive and plastic bottles and the increase of feminized men
Posted on 1/9/24 at 12:31 pm to HubbaBubba
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The International Bottled Water Association said in a statement: “There currently is both a lack of standardized (measuring) methods and no scientific consensus on the potential health impacts of nano- and microplastic particles. Therefore, media reports about these particles in drinking water do nothing more than unnecessarily scare consumers.”
Who knew there was a Big Plastic Water Bottle lobbying entity?
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