Water bottles sometimes contain microscopic plastic bits that can go into

[applegrove]

your blood stream and accumulate in your body. Scientists did not study effects on humans. Scientific study. Will look for a link.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4575045

[True Dough]

1. I read this as I sit here drinking from a water bottle

Tis a rare occasion for me, but we had guests who bought a case of water and left much of it behind so I've had the occasional bottle. Oh well, something is going to kill me anyway.

[pnwmom]

2. They've also been found in 94% of US TAP water.

http://time.com/4928759/plastic-fiber-tap-water-study/

Virtually all the world’s tap water is contaminated by microscopic plastic fibers, a new study claims, raising fresh concerns about the implications of rampant plastic pollution on human and planetary health.

Some 83% of tap water samples collected from over a dozen countries on five continents tested positive for microplastic, according to a study commissioned by data journalism outlet Orb. The specific rate of prevalence in different locales varied, but all tested locations — from Europe to Jakarta and Beirut — saw plastic found in over 70% of tap water samples.

In the U.S., researchers found that 94% of all water samples — including tap water from places like Trump Tower and the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters — were contaminated by plastic.

[applegrove]

3. My link says tap water has less.

"SNIP....

Orb found on average there were 10.4 particles of plastic per litre that were 100 microns (0.10 mm) or bigger. This is double the level of microplastics in the tap water tested from more than a dozen countries across five continents, examined in a 2017 study by Orb that looked at similar-sized plastics.

.....SNIP"

[pnwmom]

9. That's comparing apples and oranges because the 94% referred to the US tap water samples

and your link referred to a dozen countries in five continents.

The question would be how much plastic there was in plastic vs. tap water in the same country.

[applegrove]

10. You are right.

[pnwmom]

11. And it's in the oceans, too, of course -- so we're screwed.

At least till they figure out how to remove it from the oceans, rivers, and lakes. . . .

[Binkie The Clown]

4. Well, I guess it home-distilled water in glass Mason jars for me. :) nt

[applegrove]

5. I know. I was never a big bottled water fan. Now I will skip it all together.

[panader0]

6. I'm glad I have my own well.

[Major Nikon]

7. Another good reason to drink whiskey and beer

As if another was needed.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. And the people of Flint have no other choice.