Americans now purchase upwards of 15 billion gallons of bottled water each year. Little do they know each bottled liter is teeming with a quarter million tiny plastic particles, according to research published earlier this month. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed roughly 240,000 detectable plastic particles in a typical […]
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A report from a coalition of U.S. environmental advocacy groups has warned of the health risks of PVC plastic and urged public officials against using the material in community drinking water pipes. PVC is made with vinyl chloride, the same hazardous material released in the fiery train derailment that triggered a public health and environmental […]