It’s also significantly more expensive than buying a filter.
That’s why I have a reverse osmosis system and use it to refill my plastic arrowhead bottles!
Best of both worlds!
I did. But the filter is plastic and so is the pitcher!
Ironically glass may shed more micro plastics…
Researchers, including those from the French food safety agency ANSES, found an average of around 100 microplastic particles per litre in glass bottles of soft drinks, lemonade, tea, and beer.
This could be five to 50 times greater than the rate found in plastic bottles or metal cans, scientists say.
every now and then, on days like this, I am reminded that some countries don’t think potable water is a basic right for their citizens
People are making fun of me because I’m going out of my way to avoid plastics. “You’ve already been exposed to decades worth” and “You’ll never avoid it all” and a bunch of other logical fallacies borne out of good old fashioned defeatism.
Crinkly thin water bottles are the worst, as are bottles that have been exposed to UV light, so if you HAVE to use bottled water try and find thick PET bottles and keep them out of the sun.
She found that people ingest an average of 39,000 to 52,000 microplastic particles per year from food and drinking water, and those who use bottled water on a daily basis ingest nearly 90,000 more microplastic particles into their bodies.
So it doubles the intake.
Good thing I only drink bottled soda
Mexico City be in a spot.
Yeah, my entire country relies on bottled water. I can’t drink from the tap. I need to buy carboys constantly because we can’t really afford a water filter right now, and I doubt it’d come out as pure anyway. Of all the great things we do have, potable water for human consumption isn’t one of them. *sad Mexican noises*
E: On the bright side, you may be able to get a glass carboy and fill it up at one of the new refilling centers that are popping up all around the city, so at least you have a say on the type of container you use and get your water all at a fraction of the price that Coke and Pepsi sell it for!
Apparently it’s just as bad if not worse for most other mass-produced beverages, including glass-bottled (https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/glass-bottles-shed-more-microplastics-than-plastic-ones-surprising-french-study-finds) and aluminium-canned (which are all lined with plastic). In fact of the three, ironically plastic bottles were found to shed the fewest microplastics in this study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724037964
So buying things in glass or converting to cans makes no significant difference, and may make it worse. Plastic is everywhere in the manufacturing process (linings, filters, tubes, pipes). Soda and beer will not allow you to escape the microplastics problem.
If we could fast-forward to after the ground-shaking study that proves without a doubt that its incredibly bad for us, to the eventual ‘plastic-free’ manufacturing certifications that spring from it, that’d be swell. I’m thirsty.
That study did only look into microplastics above a certain size.
TL;DR: bottlecaps will shed some plastic
Cool, well I must have drank several thousand of these throughout my life before water bottles really became a thing, so no biggie I’m sure.
Ya know, this really makes you think about the upper limit of plastic microparticles that can fit into a human asshole doesn’t it?
considering my asshole is literal plastic, it’s been reached
Paywall blocked me from reading, but did it mention if the degradation is constant? I often reuse the same plastic bottle for a long period of time (traveling, and whatnot).
How about soda drinkers?
An under sink filter system has been one of my favorite small upgrades for my house. I always have a metal water bottle with me, and for longer times away I have a big metal half-gallon insulated jug.
that’s two orders of magnitude lower than being of significance. they’re microplastics. i might end up with a centiplastic at most that way. call me when they figure out how to get a million more plastics
