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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Bottled Water Can Contain Hundreds of Thousands of Previously Uncounted Tiny Plastic Bits, Study Finds
January 09, 2024
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:

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Using a new technique, scientists have been able to identify extremely minute plastic fragments in bottled water, 10 times more than previously counted.

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In recent years, there has been rising concern that tiny particles known as microplastics are showing up basically everywhere on Earth, from polar ice to soil, drinking wat . . .

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