Average bottle of water contains 240,000 pieces of cancer-causing nanoplastics

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100 times more than previously thought.​

  • The world shifted to bottled water due to claims tap water is contaminated
  • But a new study finds plastic bottles contain more toxic nanoparticles than tap

Bottles of plastic water contain hundreds of thousands of toxic microscopic plastic particles, new research has found.

The findings are likely to shock anyone who has swapped from tap to bottled water, believing it was better for their health.

Drinking water from a bottle could mean you are contaminating your body with tiny bits of plastic, which scientists fear can accumulate in your vital organs with unknown health implications.

Nanoplastics have already been linked to cancer, fertility problems and birth defects.

Scientists using the most advanced laser scanning techniques found an average of 240,000 plastic particles in a one-liter bottle of water, compared to 5.5 per one liter of tap water.
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Scientists using the most advanced laser scanning techniques found an average of 240,000 plastic particles in a one-liter bottle of water, compared to 5.5 per one-liter of tap water

University of Columbia researchers tested three popular brands of bottled water sold in the United States – and, using lasers, analyzed the plastic particles they contained down to just 100 nanometers in size.
The particles – nanoplastics - are much smaller than the microplastics previously detected in bottled water.

However, the particles are considered potentially toxic because they are so small that they can enter directly into blood cells and the brain.

These microscopic particles carry phthalates — chemicals that make plastics more durable, flexible, and lasting longer.

Phthalate exposure is attributed to 100,000 premature deaths in the US each year. The chemicals are known to interfere with hormone production in the body.
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Every night I take a new small bottle of water up to bed with me..I used to take a cup of tap water... but for the last 2 years I've been using the bottled water, as I do in the car.

Not going to do that any more. I'll go back to using my cups with the lids and straws
 
Somehow puts me in mind of a discredited meme:

1763–64: Britain wages biological warfare with smallpox

The British give smallpox-contaminated blankets to Shawnee and Lenape (Delaware) communities—an action sanctioned by the British officers Sir Jeffery Amherst and his replacement, General Thomas Gage.

“Out of our regard to them … we gave them two Blankets and an Handkerchief out of the Small Pox Hospital. I hope it will have the desired effect.” —An eyewitness, quoted in Elizabeth A. Fenn, Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775–81, 2001
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While the events are real, microbiologists insist the intended effects would have failed.

But the story became so deeply rooted that similar tales were later purported as intentional evil actions post-Revolution by Americans as well. It has become one of Hollywood's most enduring misanthropic self-hating myths.

Like the Indians coveting new blankets, people today blindly suck down bottled water. The biggest irony is that the water is generally nothing but proper tap water, held in a flawed container that makes the water even worse.
 
Capt Lightning said:
Don't eat, don't drink, don't breathe ! Is nothing safe these days? How have we managed to live so long? Most of these scare stories should be taken with a pinch of salt. Hang on, salt is bad for you. Just give up.
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we've managed to live so long because most of us haven't drunk bottled water all our lives... but Cancer is at an all time high it makes sense to avoid anything with known carcinogens
 
Our generation has been fed very bad stuff our whole lives. Then we got the planet polluted to add to that. Our environment sucks now, but we ingested a ton of it along the way. I think it has some cause in generating the amount of weird illnesses popping up. Autoimmune disorders, neuropathy, cancers, and ills the doctors don't have a clue, so we suffer the consequences of industrial progress. Holly is right. We need to stop it as soon as we can. We have to try to do our best.
 
If you have influence at your employer or among your family, there is a company that sells water in boxes: Boxed Water Is Better® — Official Store
Obviously, the best water does not come in a container at all. The Zero Water filter creates some of the best tasting water I have ever had at home.

Here's a company that sells water in aluminum cans: Plastic-Free Canned Water | Natural Spring Water | RAIN But we all very much need to teach our peers and the youngers to quit the plastic bottle habit.
 
I just read about it this morning on the Newsbreak app HD. I immediately texted the article to my son because he drinks a lot of bottled water. He's always so conscious of what he puts in his body and sometimes "advises" me to be cautious of some of the things I ingest. I have used the Brita filtering pitcher for decades but he doesn't drink that water. He buys bottled water by the gallons for home and 16 ounces for when he's on the road.

I've been meaning to suggest that he use Rubbermaid bottles that are reusable but that was to keep so much plastic from entering our environment. I never did because we recycle here, so didn't think I should make an issue of it. That was before I read this article.
 
I know it for a long time but drink it nevertheless. Have even stored water in plastic bottles for more than a year and drink it.
 
The smaller the bottle the more plastic and toxins get into the water. A gallon jug is a lot less harmful than 16 ounce or smaller bottles. Don't forget about pop bottles either, though I barely ever buy any of that today.
 
I'd like to add: The Christian monks in the Middle Ages had an average life span of 30 years, I'm old more than twice.
 
dilettante said:
The smaller the bottle the more plastic and toxins get into the water. A gallon jug is a lot less harmful than 16 ounce or smaller bottles. Don't forget about pop bottles either, though I barely ever buy any of that today.
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the thing is we were more concerned about BPA in the plastic , so most of us thought we were safe buying bottled water if it came in a BPA free bottle...
 
hollydolly said:
I'm sure you wouldn't if only you could have the wherewithal to see the damage it's doing to your body...
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I had several opportunities during my childhood and teenage years, that brought me near to death. Since the year 2003 I had four deep vein thromboses. It doesn't count.
 
Well Holly, I think that not we do decide when we die, but someone else. Don't think that I'm looking for danger, but I don't want to be too fearful also.
 
It's about picking battles and being aware of your choices. I just bought some gloves that come with a warning about phthalates because they have PVC "grip" dots on the palms. But I don't plan on wearing them all day every day either.
 
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