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Massive number of plastic particles in all water in general.
At least in the United States, the amount of microplastics in our drinking water is not something we can ever really fix. It’s at the point where it’s in our blood too.
Industry and capitalism have basically poisoned us beyond recovery.
Edit: I wrote this before fully reading the article, but they mention the same thing. I am Married to an environmental scientist, so I am exposed to this data regularly and it’s terrifying.
Wouldn't a reverse osmosis system get rid of the plastic (and everything else)?
I think theoretically, but I’m not a scientist. The issue I see as a normal schmuck is that the processes that are causing it, won’t be scaled back and the average person can’t afford to filter all their drinking water. Dumping responsibility on the victim doesn’t solve the issue and it effectively makes the situation unfixable in my opinion.
I think there are municipal supplies that go through reverse osmosis, so it's not impossible on a larger scale
I think you are correct. I probably shouldn’t have specified drinking water because there are many drinking water supplies that do remove most contaminants like microplastics.
The point still stands that plastic is in our water at this point. Rain water, ground water, ocean water, all of which play a part in the food chain that we sit at the top of.
We are consuming it everywhere and it’s not going to get better.
Right, it's in the plants and animals so we're totally fucked