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Top bottled water brands contaminated with plastic particles: report
March 15, 2018 by Kerry Sheridan
 

The world's leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published Wednesday.

"Widespread contamination" with plastic was found in the study, led by microplastic researcher Sherri Mason of the State University of New York at Fredonia, according to a summary released by Orb Media, a US-based non-profit media collective.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-03-bottled-brands-contaminated-plastic-particles.html#jCp