Shock Study Reveals Bottled Water Contains An Average Of 240,000 Pieces Of Nanoplastics

A new study has been getting plenty of mainstream and international press, warning that plastic water bottles on average contain hundreds of thousands of nanoplastics, something that is detrimental to one’s health and longevity, though scientists still do not know the full effects of this contamination.

The study, conducted by Columbia University, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ‘found that on average, a liter contained some 240,000 detectable plastic fragments – 10 to 100 times greater than previous estimates, which were based mainly on larger sizes,’ the school said in a press release.

Microplastics in the food and water supply have become an increasingly pervasive issue as more studies discover their effects. However, nanoplastics are smaller that microplastics, and there believed to be even more problematic than that micros. The National Library of Medicine explains: “Microplastics (MPs) are plastic particles with a diameter less than 5 mm, while nanoplastics (NPs) range in diameter from 1 to 100 or 1000 nm [nanometer].” There are 10 million nanometers in a centimeter, for reference.

The University added in their release:

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The researchers tested three popular brands of bottled water sold in the United States (they declined to name which ones), analyzing plastic particles down to just 100 nanometers in size. They spotted 110,000 to 370,000 particles in each liter, 90% of which were nanoplastics; the rest were microplastics. They also determined which of the seven specific plastics they were, and charted their shapes—qualities that could be valuable in biomedical research.

One common one was polyethylene terephthalate or PET. This was not surprising, since that is what many water bottles are made of. (It is also used for bottled sodas, sports drinks and products such as ketchup and mayonnaise.) It probably gets into the water as bits slough off when the bottle is squeezed or gets exposed to heat. One recent study suggests that many particles enter the water when you repeatedly open or close the cap, and tiny bits abrade.

However, PET was outnumbered by polyamide, a type of nylon. Ironically, said Beizhan Yan, that probably comes from plastic filters used to supposedly purify the water before it is bottled. Other common plastics the researchers found: polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride and polymethyl methacrylate, all used in various industrial processes.

A somewhat disturbing thought: the seven plastic types the researchers searched for accounted for only about 10% of all the nanoparticles they found in samples; they have no idea what the rest are. If they are all nanoplastics, that means they could number in the tens of millions per liter. But they could be almost anything, “indicating the complicated particle composition inside the seemingly simple water sample,” the authors write. “The common existence of natural organic matter certainly requires prudent distinguishment.”

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Previously this was just a dark area, uncharted. Toxicity studies were just guessing what’s in there. This opens a window where we can look into a world that was not exposed to us before.

Said study coauthor Beizhan Yan, an environmental chemist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

In a statement to NBC News, all four co-authors interviewed said they are now reducing their bottled water use after completing the study. Yan, however, added that even using many filtration systems are not the greatest. “There’s just no win,” co-author Phoebe Stapleton added.

The International Bottled Water Association responded to the news, stating:

There currently is both a lack of standardized (measuring) methods and no scientific consensus on the potential health impacts of nano- and microplastic particles. Therefore, media reports about these particles in drinking water do nothing more than unnecessarily scare consumers.

The WinePress has highlighted several studies concerning the pervasiveness and dangers of microplastics:

• Microplastics Contained In Food And Drinks Are Developing Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
• Microplastics Have Now Been Detected In The Blood For The First Time
• Microplastics In Packaging Found In Human Heart Tissues For First Time

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

Lamentations 5:4

Just as Israel fell, so to as America and many of the other nations right now who are in a very precarious situation. Yet here we are: most people spend money on cheap, poor-quality, recycled sewer water, packaged in a cheap, toxic bottle that disperses all these harmful plastics, and other chemicals when exposed to warmer temperatures.

Of course, the sickos in charge and health bodies have allowed this stuff to be sold as is for decades, as we are constantly reminded just how much those people really don’t care about anyone’s health, just their bottom lines and payoffs. Meanwhile, the real clean and pristine water is exported to other countries by big business, and the best lands in many cases have been bought up.

I have not had bottled water for a long while, and was one of the very first things I cut out completely from my life not longer after being born again. I am very fortunate and blessed to have access to some very clean and minerally dense private well water where I reside currently.

Needless to say, try to avoid drinking from plastic bottles; and for that matter, try to reduce your overall plastic use. It’s everywhere and in everything, there’s no real good way to avoid it; just do the best that you can.

SEE: Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Vanilla Ice Cream In World First

Investigation Reveals More Foods Are Loaded With Harmful Plastics

Scientists Discover How To Convert Plastics Into “Edible” Protein Powders And Other Macronutrients

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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