Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in global study

Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by notadoc on Friday September 27, 2019 @02:40PM (#21094963)

My suspicion would be that at least some of the plastic particles are coming from the bottles themselves. Plastic degrades over time, so this would not be too surprising.

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by 40four on Friday September 27, 2019 @02:44PM (#21095018)

Right, I'm curious is some of the outliers at the high end were from older bottles that had been on the shelf longer.

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by notadoc on Friday September 27, 2019 @02:49PM (#21095077)

Or perhaps if they were exposed to heat, oxidation, or physical stress even (dropped, squeezed, overly pressurized)

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by reroute1 on Friday September 27, 2019 @03:57PM (#21095703)

This was the story I had heard years ago, that they are left in the heat/sun and the plastic of the bottles can melt into the water.

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Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by lostlogin on Friday September 27, 2019 @04:18PM (#21095880)

> overly pressurised

It would be interesting to compare carbonated versus uncarbonated.

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