Surprising levels of microplastics found in bottled water

And what we might do about it

A new study from researchers at Rutgers (where I went to school) and Columbia University has discovered a staggering amount of microplastics and nanoplastics in our bottled water - up to 100 times as much as was previously thought.

More than 8 billion metric tons of plastic have been produced since the 1950’s, and all that plastic isn’t going anywhere.…