[Pharmwaste] Plastic fibers found in tap water

[Mcguire,Maia Patterson]

Given that microplastic fibers are in the air, swallowing  them in drinking water is probably the least of the ways that they get into our bodies...just sayin'....



I have also tested tapwater and bottled water and found occasional fibers, although at the time that I was doing that, I was using a method for identifying fibers as plastic that we now know gives false positives with cotton fibers, so I cannot be sure that the fibers I found then were plastic. I will probably run additional tapwater samples now :)



Maia

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From: Pharmwaste <pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us> on behalf of Catherine Zimmer <zenllc at usfamily.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 3:23 PM
To: 'Kara'; 'the List Pharmwaste'
Subject: Re: [Pharmwaste] Plastic fibers found in tap water

Hi Kara and all,
Here's another article from PRI:  https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-05/if-youre-drinking-tap-water-youre-consuming-plastic-pollutants

This is horrible news.


Very truly yours,

Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT
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Principal, Zimmer Environmental Improvement
Improving processes, minimizing and managing waste and, reducing costs.
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From: Pharmwaste [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Kara
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 12:36 PM
To: the List Pharmwaste
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Plastic fibers found in tap water

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-fibres-found-tap-water-around-world-study-reveals


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