WHO publish report on microplastics in drinking water
Scientific Research - 2019 - (367):
WHO publish report on microplastics in drinking water
The World Health Organization (WHO) have recently published a report that looks at the impact of microplastics in drinking water on human health.
They conclude that currently, the effects are unknown.
In 2015, humans produced around 407 million tons of plastic.
However, plastic does not biodegrade; instead, it breaks down into progressively smaller pieces of plastic.
This means that in our environment, there are pieces of plastic measurable in both meters and nanometers.
Tiny pieces of plastic, or “microplastics,” end up everywhere — including the water supply