News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by bilbo0s on Saturday September 28, 2019 @03:26AM (#21098975)
I'm not really sure how much glass or aluminum containers would matter to the fundamental point?

The plant that purifies the water and puts it into the glass and aluminum containers almost certainly uses plastic or rubber tubing in its machinery. So you'd likely get some plastic particles transferred there as well. In the end, I'd be willing to bet that tap water has fewer micro plastics than water bottled in glass or aluminum.

Problem, of course, is that your municipality likely uses some form of metal piping to get water to your tap. Which, depending on what all that is, could mean elevated lead levels etc.

It's a tough problem.

Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by brewdad on Sunday September 29, 2019 @10:36PM (#21111314)
In a similar vein, does anyone know of any conclusive studies on the safety of PEX plumbing wrt releasing microplastics into our drinking water. My home is primarily PEX. It would be nice to know if I'm slowly poisoning my family.
Re:Microplastics found in 93% of bottled water tested in glo... by NullPrefix on Saturday September 28, 2019 @09:08AM (#21100089)
> Problem, of course, is that your municipality likely uses some form of metal piping to get water to your tap. Which, depending on what all that is, could mean elevated lead levels etc.

Not a metallurgist, but I am pretty sure there are metal alloys that do not contain lead.