New Study Revealing Billions of People are Drinking Micro Plastic Particles in Tap Water Described as ‘Shocking’ by Water Purification Innovator Bluewater.
World leading drinking water technology leader Bluewater describes a new scientific study that has found previously unknown plastic contamination in the tap water of cities around the world as ‘shocking and disturbing’.
Bluewater is passionate about delivering viable alternatives to the problems behind the pollution that sees a million plastic bottles bought around the world every minute with just 9 percent of all plastic being recycled A wave of new studies in recent months have escalated knowledge about the extent of ocean, lake and river pollution by plastics.
“According to exclusive research by Orb Media, a top journalism site, and a researcher at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, microscopic plastic fibers are flowing out of taps from New York to New Delhi with women, children, men, and babies consuming plastic with every glass of water,” said Bengt Rittri, the Swedish environmental entrepreneur who founded Bluewater.
“It’s now no secret plastics have entered the human food chain as a result of being ingested by fish and stored in their intestines and fat, but the latest study by Orb Media is the first time we’ve been handed evidence that we are also ingesting plastic from our tap drinking our tap water,” says Bengt, who has made delivering clean drinking water and tackling ocean plastic pollution a cornerstone of Bluewater’s business mission.
The Swedish entrepreneur notes that micro plastics are in the stomachs of almost one in three mackerel caught in the Baltic, according to Stockholm University’s Baltic Sea Centre.
Bengt believes plastic – which has improved human life in so many ways over the past five decades – today threatens the existence of all living things on the planet.
He called for an urgent and radical rethink of plastic use and said the world must harness the ingenuity, energy and passion of scientists, entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens to meet the environmental and health challenges and deliver business solutions that address the problems.
Bluewater is passionate about delivering viable alternatives to the problems behind the pollution that sees a million plastic bottles bought around the world every minute with just 9 percent of all plastic being recycled,” Bengt Rittri said.
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