A new study has sounded alarm bells around bottled water concluding that micro nanoplastics in these bottles could be far more than estimated earlier. With a staggering 2,40,000 plastic fragments, the bottled water has up to 100 times more microplastics than previously thought, said a new study. While the presence of microplastics in plastic bottles was previously known, the technology to better identify micro and nanoplastics was lacking. (HT image)The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and is the first attempt to identify nanoplastics in bottled water. Click hereThe scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty laboratory used sophisticated imaging technology called SRS microscopy to study water samples from three popular brands and found hundreds of thousands of bits of plastic per litre of water.

Source: Hindustan Times January 11, 2024 17:17 UTC