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Study Finds Small Plastic Pieces in Bottled Water — VOA Learning English

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Study Finds Small Plastic Pieces in Bottled Water

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The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of very small plastic known as nanoplastics, a recent study says.

Researchers found the nanoplastics with a microscope using dual lasers.

Scientists long figured there were lots of these very small plastic pieces. But until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations, they never knew how many or what kind.

Looking at five samples each of three common bottled water brands, researchers found particle levels ranged from 110,000 to 400,000 per liter. The average was around 240,000, the study said. The research appeared recently in the publication Proceedings of the National Academy of…

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Seth Borenstein reported on this story for the Associated Press. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Джерело: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/study-finds-small-plastic-pieces-in-bottled-water/

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