Most water bottles contain microplastics our rapid screening reveals. Hard to Swallow.
Our new rapid screening technique has been used to show that most bottles of water contain microplastics.
Plastic seems to be everywhere at the moment, littering landscapes and polluting our oceans. By 2050 it’s estimated that there will be more plastic than fish in the sea. So, at UEA, we’re working across disciplines to create new solutions to the growing problem of plastic and microplastics, which the world needs to know more about.
They are small plastic particles that are found throughout the environment, particularly in aquatic and marine ecosystems. They come from cosmetics, clothes, packaging, industrial processes and larger plastic items, as they slowly break down over time in the environment.
