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Potential Effects of Microplastic Exposure on Tap Water

Posted by: Rhona Reid On February 3, 2021 12:06 pm

Fancy a side order of microplastic particles with that glass of tap water? If you choose to drink water from the faucet, then you might not get a choice.

 

Potential Effects of Microplastic Exposure on Tap Water

 

What are microplastics?

Are microplastics found in tap water?

Can microplastics be removed from tap water?

Are microplastics dangerous to health?

Can a water ionizer help to reduce the number of microplastics I drink?

What are microplastics?

Microplastics is a word that commonly refers to plastic contamination in the form of minute particles.

Microplastics are rife in bottled water and are also coursing through the municipal water in virtually every town and city in the US.

“We knew that this plastic is coming back to us through our food …

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Is Bottled Water DOUBLING the Amount of Microplastics in Your Body?

Posted by: Rhona Reid On June 28, 2019 5:35 pm

Here’s a quick exercise: try doing a quick tally of everything you ate today. Maybe some cereal, an apple, those leftover cold noodles for lunch. A macadamia nut cookie, a small handful of grapes, 149 microplastics…wait. What? Microplastics?

Read on as we cover:

What Are Microplastics?
Still Drinking Bottled Water? Prepare to Be Shocked!
What's in Ionized Water?
Can a Water Ionizer Help to Reduce Microplastics?

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It makes sense to cut out microplastics where we can.

What Are Microplastics?

Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long that can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life.

Every year, the average person consumes an astonishing 50,000 - 70,000 microplastics every year.

These microscopic contaminants frequently come from

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