Plastic in bottled water shouldn't be a worry

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3170, 2018, pág. 25
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • Coghlan examines whether microplastics actually pose a risk. Sherri Mason of the State University of New York at Fredonia, who carried out the work commissioned by Orb Media, a global consortium of journalists, found that 54 percent of these particles were polypropylene, the plastic from which bottle caps are fabricated, suggesting that the caps may have been the source. Despite the findings, Richard Thompson of the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the University of Plymouth, UK, says that there's no need to panic, because there's no clear evidence about human health risks. The most important thing, says Thompson, is that a huge amount of bottled water consumption in Western nations is unnecessary because tap water is high-quality and easily available.