Bottled water—time to reconsider?
The average bottle of water contains nearly a quarter million nano-plastic fragments, according to a recently published study.
These easily ingested plastics, measuring just one billionth of a meter, can lead to oxidative stress, inflammation, immune dysfunction, altered biochemical and energy metabolism, and other issues.
Along with disrupting cellular health and function, nano-plastics can also cause significant damage to embryonic kidney and reproductive cells and impair the growth of a fetus’s heart.
The information in this article from The Hill is concerning but important to be aware of. Will it have you rethinking bottled water?
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4395725-bottled-wa...
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Slipstream
Thanks for posting this. Shocking that clay and other particles they assume might be from fires are showing up in the water too. Very concerning.
Evangel
It's been decades since I've purchased bottled water due to its sourcing and plastic packaging.
But no water is truly safe any longer, not just for what's in it, but for who will have access to it as supplies diminish.
Nestle's Pure Life bottled water is being pumped from the Great Lakes at 288 gallons per minute. When it wanted to increase its production to 400 gallons, stricter monitoring requirements were added, which the company rejected, choosing instead to get the additional water sourced "somewhere else", maybe in a Latin American country where there are few if any standards?
Years ago, George Bush and family purchased water rights in Chaco, Paraguay, which sits atop one of the largest fresh water aquifers in the world. Despite native people depending on this source of water, it was sealed off since the purchase.
Around the world, elites have been gobbling up water rights in every country to safeguard the water for themselves from the coming water shortages that will come from climate change.
To me this is criminal. God-given, life-saving water to feed one population is being grabbed and hoarded--or sold at a profit by a few wealthy people.
This article is very informative and upsetting. We've disrupted our ecosystem, and by default our own bodies. But we still need water to survive. Thanks for posting.