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IBWA response to Orb Media research claiming to have found microplastic particles in bottled water
March 16, 2018 : Alexandria, VA : BWW
:
The
non-peer
reviewed
study
released
by
Orb
Media
is
not
based
on
sound
science,
and
there
is
no
scientific
consensus
on
testing
methodology
or
the
potential
health
impacts
of
microplastic
particles.
Therefore,
this
study’s
findings
do
nothing
more
than
unnecessarily
scare
consumers.
Scientific
experts
in
the
field
told
the
BBC
News,
“The
particles
below
100
microns
had
not
been
identified
as
plastic”
[emphasis
added]
and
that
“since
the
alternatives
would
not
be
expected
in
bottled
water,
they
could
be
described
as
probably
plastic"
[emphasis
added].
Those
not-identified
substances
made
up
the
vast
majority
of
particles
counted.
The
study
even
acknowledged
that
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