Most Bottled Water Contaminated With Plastics

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Tests reveal bottled water contains nearly twice as many micro plastic particles per liter as tap water. The contamination was thought to originate from the manufacturing process of the bottles and caps.

Catalysts efficiently and rapidly remove BPA from water — ScienceDaily.com

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Chemists have developed an approach that quickly and cheaply removes more than 99 percent of bisphenol A (BPA) from water. BPA, a ubiquitous and dangerous chemical used in the manufacturing of many plastics, is found in water sources around the world. Concerns over BPA’s health effects prompted manufacturers to start making BPA-free products like baby bottles and water bottles starting in 2010. Ironically, many BPA replacements also have similar toxicity to BPA itself.