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With a market value of nearly $150 billion per year, bottled water from leading brands, including from India, have been found to be 90 per cent
contaminated by microplastics, posing potential harm to humans, a report has said.

The report, led by Orb Media, a US-based non-pro t, revealed widespread contamination with plastic debris including polypropylene, nylon, and
polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

The ndings suggest that a person who drinks a litre of bottled water a day might be consuming tens of thousands of microplastic particles each
year.

Plastic was identi ed in 93 per cent of the samples. Particle concentration ranged from zero to more than 10,000 in a single bottle.

On average, plastic particles in the 100 micron (0.10mm) size range — known as microplastics — were found at an average rate of 10.4 plastic
particles per litre.

Even smaller particles were more common, averaging about 325 per litre.

Bottles of water from the same brand contained a wide range of plastic contamination, with particles as small as 6.5 microns.

This variability is “similar to what is seen when we sample open bodies of water” for microplastic pollution, said Sherri Mason, leading
microplastics researcher from the State University of New York at Fredonia.
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Valued at $147 billion per year, bottled water is marketed the fastest-growing beverage market in the world.

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