#Bottled water

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Good to know, but the bottle expires? So, if the bottle is breaking down, and releasing toxins into the water, then the water isn't good, either. Six of one, half dozen of the other.

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[silvascribble]

Bottled lake water

[mapsontheweb]

Bottled water consumption per capita in 2019.

by @Maps_interlude

[reality-detective]

Does bottled water contain plastic particles?

Bottled water contains more than just water. It also contains a surprising number of microscopic pieces of plastic.

That’s according to recent research, which finds that the average liter of bottled water contains nearly 240,000 tiny pieces of plastic. Nearly 90% of the plastics detected in the study were nanoplastics — plastic particles that can’t be seen with the naked eye and small enough to enter the body’s cells and tissues. 🤔

[afternoonapocalypse]

Okay, so I saw a post that got me curious…

[sp00ky-p00ky]

I said what I said 😵

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[lovingcare-1210pro]

[rumade]

Here is a little snippet of nice environmental news. The percentage of people who regularly use a refillable water bottle in the UK has risen from 20% in 2015 to 60% in 2022.

Bottled water diverts water from natural springs needed to replenish streams and rivers; produces huge amounts of litter as the bottles are rarely recycled; and wastes an astonishing amount of fuel being transported around.

If you live somewhere with safe tap water, making a habit of carrying a bottle to refill will save you money, and is an easy action to help the environment. Plus it annoys corporations! They can only sell you a water bottle once every 5 years or so.

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[thunderstruck9]

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), Perrier, 1984. Silkscreen ink on canvas, 30 1/8 x 20 1/4 in.

[mapsontheweb]

Bottled water consumption per capita in 2019

Highest: Italy 200l • Lowest: Sweden 10l

by Maps_interlude

[merelygifted]

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 brands, researchers found particle levels ranged from 110,000 to 400,000 per liter, averaging around 240,000 according to a study in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

These are particles that are less than a micron in size. There are 25,400 microns — also called micrometers because it is a millionth of a meter — in an inch.  A human hair is about 83 microns wide.

Previous studies have looked at slightly bigger microplastics that range from the visible 5 millimeters, less than a quarter of an inch, to one micron.  About 10 to 100 times more nanoplastics than microplastics were discovered in bottled water, the study found.

Much of the plastic seems to be coming from the bottle itself and the reverse osmosis membrane filter used to keep out other contaminants, said study lead author Naixin Qian, a Columbia physical chemist.  She wouldn’t reveal the three brands because researchers want more samples before they single out a brand and want to study more brands.  Still, she said they were common and bought at WalMart.  ...