Initial evidence shows microplastics pose ‘minimal health risk’
Proper studies into plastics in water only really began in the last couple of years, so the evidence available so far is, the WHO admits, limited.
"To say one source of water has 1000 microparticles per litre and another has only one, could simply be dependent on the filter size used," explained the WHO's Dr Bruce Gordon."We're basically at a point where the study methods were quite weak." "Two billion people drink water that is faecally contaminated," said Dr Gordon."And that causes one million deaths a year. That has got to be the focus."
Some studies suggest that bottled water contains more microplastics than tap water, but it is not clear why. It could be a contaminated source water, but it could also be the plastic polymers used to make the bottles and bottle caps.Why is there microplastic in Arctic snow?
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