Scientists have carried out examinations of over 250 bottles from nine countries and have found plastic “in bottle after bottle and brand after brand”.
The tests which were conducted at the State University of New York in Fredonia found that there were typically 10 plastic particles per litre of bottled water and that each particle was larger than the width of a human hair.
There has been no evidence that consuming such small particles of plastic has any ill health effects but this announcement comes at a time of heightened international concern regarding plastic pollution and the effect it is having on the environment.
