We thought it was purer and more natural than the one that flows from our taps. False. Water, mineral or spring, in plastic bottles ― 36 million drunk every day in France ― contains up to 100 times more tiny plastic particles than previously estimated, according to a study published Tuesday in the very serious scientific journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences".
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The scientific team behind the discovery used an innovative laser-based detection process to count, on average, 240,000 plastic fragments per liter of three of the most commercialized mineral waters in the United States.
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