{"id":41775,"date":"2024-01-12T10:28:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T10:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=41775"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T10:28:08","slug":"bottled-water-found-to-harbour-hundreds-of-thousands-of-nanoplastics-per-litre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/bottled-water-found-to-harbour-hundreds-of-thousands-of-nanoplastics-per-litre\/41775\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottled water found to harbour hundreds of thousands of nanoplastics per litre"},"content":{"rendered":"
Now, scientists have discovered a disturbing new reality: the world of nanoplastics, even smaller plastic particles that pose potentially even greater risks.<\/p>\n
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em> has now revealed that a single litre of bottled water can contain an average of 240,000 detectable plastic fragments<\/a>, a 10 to 100-fold increase over previous estimates based on microplastics alone.<\/p>\n This discovery comes amid alarming statistics on global plastic production. We churn out 400 million metric tons annually, with over 30 million tons dumped into the environment or embedded in everyday products.<\/p>\n Unlike organic matter, plastics persist, endlessly dividing into ever-smaller particles, potentially reaching molecular levels.<\/p>\n Microplastics range in size from 5 millimetres to 1 micrometre, while nanoplastics fall below that threshold.<\/p>\nThe growing plastic waste<\/a> crisis<\/h3>\n