Bottled water is marketed as clean and pure, but new research shows the water in a bottle comes with hundreds of little pieces of plastic.
>>>Why you need to read the label on your bottled water Channel 11 first got tipped off to this story by our sister station WSB-TV in Atlanta.
What that toxicologist could tell us about what they know, and don’t know, about the impact of plastic in bottled water on our health, TONIGHT on Channel 11 News at 5 p.m. Channel 11 sent a team up to SUNY Fredonia in New York, three hours north of Pittsburgh, to meet up with the team behind this discovery.
These are the same researchers who looked at plastic in tap water.
This time, researchers looked at water bottles from the most popular brands and found something in common; they all had microplastics in the water.
The research also found the plastic contamination was worse than the plastic found in tap water.
While there, we were surprised to discover just how much plastic was found in bottled water.
The researchers had discovered all the plastic, but did not know what health effect it would have on consumers.
Everyone Channel 11 talked to in Pittsburgh had a similar reaction to us about the research.
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The chemicals, which can be used to make items heat or water resistant, are found in everyday household, food and clothing items, even take-out food wrappers.
“It’s an issue not just in New Hampshire, but at military installations across this country,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire.
“We have 1,500 people who have been tested with elevated levels in the Portsmouth area, who are anxious about their future and their children’s future.
And I know there are many people throughout the Air Force and our other military installations who share that concern.” In all, 25 Army bases; 50 Air Force bases, 49 Navy or Marine Corps bases and two Defense Logistics Agency sites have tested at higher than acceptable levels for the compounds in either their drinking water or groundwater sources.
While the EPA did not make the PFOS/PFOA guidelines enforceable, DoD decided to test all of its locations and work toward complying with the new guidelines.
DoD was only able to do that quickly at the 24 locations where it manages the water supply.
At those locations it has installed filters at the water source or inside base housing, relocated water usage to another well, or provided alternate drinking water, such as water bottles, for personnel, Sullivan said.
“It’s up to the owner of that system to make a decision on what they’re going to do,” Sullivan “So we’re on a fine line of trying to provide drinking water to our folks when we’re buying it from somebody else.” In those cases the department is working with the vendors or utilities on a solution, and providing bottled water or filters as needed, Sullivan said.
DoD has already spent $200 million studying and testing its water supply, and also providing either filters, alternate wells or bottled water to address contamination.
For the groundwater sources, both on-base and off-base, however, cleanup will take years to address, Sullivan said.

New Zealand Seven Sharp host Hilary Barry has hit out at Women’s Day magazine, accusing it of photoshopping a cover image of Kate Middleton.
The Seven Sharp host wonders why the image had to be touched up, given how amazing she looked just hours after giving birth.
Source: Seven Sharp The image in question is of the Duchess, husband Prince William and their newborn son.
It was taken just seven hours after she gave birth at a London hospital.
Barry questioned why the magazine felt the need to retouch the image, given how amazing the Duchess looked.
"But Women’s Day decided she didn’t look good enough, so they had to photoshop her.
"And just that kind of annoyed me."
Kate, William, George and Charlotte are welcoming the latest addition to their family.
Source: 1 NEWS The newborn is in good health and Kate left hospital the same day.
Source: BBC

Bottled water is marketed as clean and pure, but new research shows the water in a bottle comes with hundreds of little pieces of plastic.
>>>Why you need to read the label on your bottled water Channel 11 first got tipped off to this story by our sister station in Atlanta.
What that toxicologist could tell us about what they know, and don’t know, about the impact of plastic in bottled water on our health, Thursday on Channel 11 News at 5 p.m. Channel 11 sent a team up to SUNY Fredonia in New York, three hours north of Pittsburgh, to meet up with the team behind this discovery.
These were the same researchers who looked at plastic in tap water.
This time, researchers looked at water bottles from the most popular brands and found something in common; they all had microplastics in the water.
The research also found the plastic contamination was worse than the plastic found in tap water.
While there, we were surprised to discover just how much plastic was found in bottled water.
The researchers had discovered all the plastic, but did not know what health effect it would have on consumers.
Everyone Channel 11 talked to in Pittsburgh had a similar reaction to us about the research.
© 2018 Cox Media Group.

DANBURY – It has been a rough week for students at Western Connecticut State University.
Students and staff first dealt with a norovirus outbreak and now, they can’t trust the tap water because of a massive water main break from Tuesday.
Pasquaonne said luckily, she commutes to campus but for the past few days, she said going to class has made her nervous.
Most recently, the University has around 170 cases of the norovirus, an illness that brings up fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea.
Paul Steinmetz, the spokesman for the University said it is the first time he has ever seen anything like this.
"I’ve been here 12 years and we haven’t had anything like this and people I’ve talked to who have been here for 30 years haven’t heard it either," said Steinmetz.
According to the CDC, the key to preventing infection is frequent hand washing.
Students just got the notice Wednesday that they can shower on campus again, but are advised to not drink the water or cook with it.
Students said the stress of having to go pick up bottled water has been an additional annoyance.
No one really trusts the cafeteria," added Pasquaonne.

UPDATED: THE owner of two South Hobart cafes has been buying bottled water for customers after a boil-water alert hit the inner Hobart suburb.
Mr Morton said he was advised by TasWater to boil all water for drinking at his cafes, but that water used in coffee and for washing would be fine because it was heated.
EARLIER: HEALTH Minister Michael Ferguson argues the boil water alert is another reason the Government needs to take over TasWater.
“It does again indicate why the Government went to the election with a policy to get infrastructure fixed sooner and to bring our prices down.
“When it hits home into a city suburb it does indicate what the Government’s position has been and why.” EARLIER: South Hobart residents will have to boil their water until at least tomorrow, with further sampling of the Arthur St water supply to be undertaken at a local laboratory.
He said TasWater staff were trying to narrow down the causes of the bacterial contamination, which could involve the mixing of water from different supplies, burst water pipes or the improper disinfecting of fire hydrants after use.
“What we do is a lot of flushing of pipes and the system in events like this.
EARLIER: RESIDENTS of a Hobart suburb are being told to boil their water before consumption after E. coli bacteria was discovered in the water supply.
Information on the boil water alert is available on the TasWater website (www.taswater.com.au) or by calling 136 992.
Customers should boil all water used for: ■ Drinking ■ Brushing teeth ■ Washing and preparing food or beverages ■ Preparing baby formula ■ Making ice.

FAYETTEVILLE — Carbon filters appear to be effective at screening GenX from drinking water in private wells and municipal water systems near a Chemours plant in West Virginia, federal regulators say.
Nine of the 14 wells were found to contain the chemical, but none had detectable levels after the water passed through granual activated carbon filters.
News broke in June that high levels of GenX had been found in Wilmington’s drinking water, which comes from the Cape Fear River.
Since then, researchers have discovered 190 private wells surrounding the Fayetteville Works plant that contain GenX at levels exceeding what the state considers safe for drinking water.
The 14 wells and municipal water systems have used granular activated carbon filtration systems for years, after DuPont was ordered to install them because of earlier high levels of C8 contamination.
The EPA found that the filters appear to be working.
“At this time, no GenX was found in treated drinking water that came from contaminated wells,” the EPA said in a statement released this week.
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, which provides drinking water to the Wilmington area, is conducting similar tests to see if granular activated carbon filters or ion exchange filters can eliminate GenX and other contaminants that remain in its treated water.
Meanwhile, the state requested that Chemours conduct a pilot study to determine whether granular activated carbon filtration systems can effectively screen GenX and a host of other perfluorinated compounds from private wells.
“This pilot study is to determine if granulated activated carbon filtration systems are an alternative to bottled water; however, they are not a final solution,” Leonard said.

WILMINGTON — Several New Hanover County schools have been affected by the Wednesday morning “Do not drink” water advisory from the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority.
Community Relations coordinator for NHCS Tufanna Thomas said in an emailed statement, “NHCS is delivering bottles of water and hand sanitizer to all the aforementioned schools, and parents have been alerted through the automated phone system.
We will provide updates when the situation changes.” NHCS have identified 10 schools that are affected by the contamination of the ground water by an excess amount of fluoride.
Blair Elementary School Eaton Elementary School Laney High School Holly Shelter Middle School Castle Hayne Elementary School Murrayville Elementary School College Park Elementary School Wilmington Early College High School Trask Middle School Southeast Area Technical High School Water Alert- NHCS is delivering bottles of water and hand sanitizer to all the affected schools, and parents have been alerted through the automated phone system.
We will provide updates when the situation changes.
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Four years later, you might think things have improved in the Michigan city.
But it also feels like a bizarre one in a city where many people are unlikely to ever drink another drop of tap water so long as they live.
But for the roughly 100,000 people who live here, the damage is done.
High levels of bacteria, industrial waste and sewage were found in the river repeatedly over the next 90 years.
Currently, 41.9% of Flint’s residents live in poverty.
Some Flint resident did receive Medicaid following the crisis, a common way for government to expand healthcare to families, usually following a natural disaster.
She received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how to improve the health of Flint residents, ranging from substance abuse to trauma.
“What the water crisis did was bring to light all the other issues.” If all Flint residents received fully funded health insurance, say, through an act of Congress, the best recent example would be the James Zadroga Act, which established health benefits for people who responded to, worked or lived near Ground Zero on 9/11.
For Walters, and many like her, the routine since sky-high lead levels were found in Flint’s water remains the same.
Walters’ husband lives in Virginia.

A water main break in Danbury continues to cause issues for a section of the city, including Western Connecticut State University, on Wednesday.
The school, which has also been dealing with cases of norovirus, told students on Tuesday that the break has made campus water unsafe for use.
Some restrictions still apply.
"Please boil water before using if you are on city water," Boughton reported on social media.
Because of the break, they initially couldn’t do that.
"Do not drink, wash your hands or brush your teeth with water from any faucet on the midtown campus," the school said in a statement to students.
"Classes and other operations will continue, but the university is distributing bottled water throughout midtown for drinking, hand washing and other health uses."
WCSU has been providing additional shuttles over to the O’Neill Center on the westside of campus for students to shower.
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