Microplastics enter drinking water sources mainly through run-off and wastewater effluent, the WHO said. Evidence shows that microplastics found in some bottled water seem to be at least partly due to the bottling process and/or packaging such as plastic caps, it said.
The majority of plastic particles in water are larger than 150 micrometres in diameter and are excreted from the body, while"smaller particles are more likely to cross the gut wall and reach other tissues", it said. More research is needed into risks from microplastics exposure throughout the environment -"in our drinking water, air and food", she added.
Plastic pollution is so widespread in the environment that you may be ingesting five grams a week, the equivalent of eating a credit card, a study commissioned by the environmental charity WWF International said in June.
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