The caps of glass bottles contaminate beverages with microplastics | Anses - Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail
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Microplastics are present in all beverages, but those packaged in glass bottles contain more microplastic particles than those in plastic bottles, cartons or cans. This was the surprising finding of a study conducted by the Boulogne-sur-Mer unit of the ANSES Laboratory for Food Safety. The scientists hypothesised that these plastic particles could come from the paint used on bottle caps. Water and wine are less affected than other beverages. These findings have highlighted a source of microplastics in drinks that manufacturers can easily take measures to address.

Microplastics are present in all beverages, but those packaged in glass bottles contain more microplastic particles than those in plastic bottles, cartons or cans. This was the surprising finding of a study conducted by the Boulogne-sur-Mer unit of the ANSES Laboratory for Food Safety. The scientists hypothesised that these plastic particles could come from the paint used on bottle caps. Water and wine are less affected than other beverages. These findings have highlighted a source of microplastics in drinks that manufacturers can easily take measures to address.

  • steal_your_face@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    14 days ago

    Can enjoy yummy PFAS from your tap water instead 😋 Using a reverse osmosis system will remove them, though.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      13 days ago

      Yeah, but this is a pretty dumb debate. It obviously all depends on country, region, groundwater source, filtering systems and so on - and exactly those same factors for bottled water in most places, since the origins are often the same.

      My point was about microplastic, which I understand to be more of a problem with bottled water.