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Scientists find about a quarter million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water

Por: WPLG Local 10 Tech January 09, 2024

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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.Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many or what kind. Looking at five samples each of three common bottled water... + full article



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