DANGER!: PLASTIC FIBRES FOUND IN TAP WATER AROUND THE WORLD

in #news7 years ago

Tests show billions of people on a global scale are drinking water contaminated by plastic particles, with about 83% samples found to be polluted.
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European nations such as; U.K, Germany and France had the lowest contamination rate.
The contamination is particularly high in the United States, where 94% of faucet water is affected including from President Trump's New York city country home.
Microplastics could attract bacteria found in sewage. Harmful pathogens are present in microplastics downstream of wastewater treatment plants.

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Water body litter affects habitats, ecosystems and household water supply. The evident of climate change is becoming more pronounced daily courtesy of ignorant lifestyles.
The time is just too ripe to combact climate change.

HELP PROTECT PLANET EARTH...IMBIBE A GREEN LIFESTYLE
That should be our bold word tag.

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Yeah I read this online this morning and it made my stomach hurt. How can we be so stupid as to pollute are own water? So sad......

Its really annoying I must admit...Polluting our own environment yet feeling sad on seeing the aftermath.
Moreover, its prevention is cheaper compared to the cost to be incurred in managing the damage