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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 138 points 4 days ago (47 children)

A relative bright spot amidst a sea of bad news:

"Bottled water alone can expose people to nearly as many microplastic particles annually as all ingested and inhaled sources combined,” said Brandon Luu, an Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Toronto. “Switching to tap water could reduce this exposure by almost 90%, making it one of the simplest ways to cut down on microplastic intake.”

Dunno if anyone reading this is still drinking bottled water, but, uh, now you have another reason to not do that.

[–] eronth@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And what about plastic bottles. Like, not the packaging type but just plastic reusable waterbottles?

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They are bad.

Get a ceramic mug, or canteen/water bottle with an aluminum or stainless steel internal lining, drink your tap water out of that, filter it if your tap quality sucks.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

is aluminum a good idea? I remember reading that lots of years ago the use of aluminum cutlery contributed to developing dementia

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