Unlike a 2018 study detecting roughly 300 plastic particles per liter in bottled water, a January 2024 study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found an average of 240,000 nanoplastic particles per liter across three brands. buff.ly/3vBs2Kx

Every liter of bottled water contains 100,000 nanoplastic particles 🤯

Most of the media outlets that covered the nanoplastic discovery disclose that there's never been a documented effect on health from the particles, but they still can't resist framing the discovery with maximum alarm.
reason.com/2024/04/18/a-b…

What lasts for about 450 years? 😱

🌳 A sequoia
🪨 A fossil
🧴 A plastic bottle

* Plastic doesn’t really decompose. It only breaks down into smaller particles named microplastic and nanoplastic.

@undp

#sustainme #plastic #plastic bottles #PlasticsTreaty #plastic pollution

Nanoplastic is a serious concern that future generations will face.
cnn.it/4b5BPZ2?cid=io…

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JohnsonAndToxin What about a jet spewing out the word nanoplastic in swirl script with the slogan separately?

Thread on recent nanoplastic and microplastic research.
(This is mainly just for me - trying to figure out what the implications are for health.)

David Ullrich More than likely they are talking about nanoplastic, not microplastic.
however some define microplastic as up to 5mm in size with no lower limit to size.

3. Microwaves

Research has shown that plastic food containers release as many as 4.22 million microplastics and 2.11 billion nanoplastic particles per square centimeter of plastic after just three minutes in the microwave.

Tip: Avoid microwaving food in plastic, such as

Ari Ihalainen But recycling is the best way to produce nanoplastic particles, so not that helpful.

Smfh still swollen trying to cause nanoplastic microplastics or cardiovascular problems heart failure something weird smh

Brewing tea from a single plastic teabag released about 11.6 billion microplastic and 3.1 billion nanoplastic particles into the water
cnn.com/2024/04/22/hea…

✨Rapunzel ASMR & Fixy ✨👑 A micron (1 millionth of a meter) would be a nanoplastic in the articles I read. Multiple references said microplastic was 5 millimeters & less.

Prof. Steve Austin Yup. Every single attempt to 'recycle' or 'reused' plastics that involve breaking it into smaller forms simply accelerates the microplastic to nanoplastic problem. Which is why it's a now problem rather than the 1000yr problem people thought it'd be.

'Here, we find that 25 nm polystyrene nanoplastic particles can inhibit animal growth and movement at very low concentrations, with varying effects on their surface groups. Furthermore, these nanoplastic particles not only accumulate in the digestive tract but also penetrate

Get Real w/ Ryan Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀️🦙 Everytime you move nanoplastic particles are shedding into your environment and you end up breathing them into your lungs for longterm storage

Thrilla the Gorilla Wall Street Apes This guy shaking his head should really consider that not everything is political. This nanoplastic thing is very real. Most paper bags have plastic in them to reinforce the bag from falling apart if it gets wet. We wrap our meat. We wrap our food and plastic. research is needed

Nullius N Verba Waiting for the documentary denying the Sixth Mass Extinction, toxic chemicals, deforestation, desertification, lack of clean water, microplastic/nanoplastic contamination, and acceleration of infectious disease. As long as you continue ignoring reality, I’m sure you’ll be fine.

✨Rapunzel ASMR & Fixy ✨👑 Yeah, that would include the small end of the range of microplastic sizes plus the nanoplastic sizes.
Inorganic particles deposited in the lungs has been a well known problem since the old mining days with 'black lung' & 'white lung'.