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<p>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'....</p>
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<p>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 :)</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 6, 2017 3:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Kara'; 'the List Pharmwaste'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pharmwaste] Plastic fibers found in tap water</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Hi Kara and all,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Here’s another article from PRI:
<a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-05/if-youre-drinking-tap-water-youre-consuming-plastic-pollutants">
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-05/if-youre-drinking-tap-water-youre-consuming-plastic-pollutants</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Very truly yours,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT</span></p>
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<u><a href="http://www.hearrtmidwest.wildapricot.org/"><span style="color: blue;">HEARRT Midwest</span></a></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Principal,
<u>Zimmer Environmental Improvement</u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Pristina;">Improving processes, minimizing and managing waste and, reducing costs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">T: 651.645.7509</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kara<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 6, 2017 12:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> the List Pharmwaste<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] Plastic fibers found in tap water</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-fibres-found-tap-water-around-world-study-reveals">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-fibres-found-tap-water-around-world-study-reveals</a></span></p>
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