{"id":7063,"date":"2019-04-26T11:05:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T09:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pineo.cat\/?p=7063"},"modified":"2019-04-26T11:09:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T09:09:22","slug":"plastics-in-drinking-water-present-everywhere-and-yet-so-toxic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pineo.cat\/en\/blog\/water-en\/plastics-in-drinking-water-present-everywhere-and-yet-so-toxic\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastics in drinking water, present everywhere and yet so toxic."},"content":{"rendered":"

90% of all mineral water contain plastics.<\/h2>\n

Such as Evian, Nestl\u00e9 pur life, Fiji, Gerolsteiner and San Pellegrino. But not Pineo<\/strong> (reports and studies<\/a>).<\/p>\n

259 plastic bottles from nine countries and 11 brands were recently tested by the University of New York. 90% of such water contained microplastics. On average 325 microparticles per bottle, with a peak of 10,000 microplastic particles. Polyproylene, nylon and polythylene terephthalate (PET) were mainly found. The luxury brand Fiji, which is marketed as ‘untouched by man’ still contained 12 plastic particles per liter.<\/p>\n

Professor Sherri Mason who led the research says the following:<\/p>\n

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“I think most of it comes from the bottle itself, from the cap and during the bottling process.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Other studies by Professor Mason showed that tap water and water in glass bottles also contain microplastics. Water in plastic bottles would contain twice as much microplastics as tap water.<\/p>\n\n\t\t