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New research shows that the average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics.

New research shows that the average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics.

New research shows that the average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics.

If you've been thinking about ditching bottled water, new research out of Rutgers University may convince you once and for all to make the move.

The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time.

Microplastics are polymer fragments that can range from less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) down to 1/25,000th of an inch (1 micrometer). Anything smaller is a nanoplastic that must be measured in billionths of a meter.

The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time.

The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time.

The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time.

The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time.