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French government scientists have discovered something about the content of microplastics in glass and plastic bottles.
As French-style pressure Scientists at the country's food safety regulators have found that glass bottled beverages contain about 100 micro particles per liter, about 25 particles per gallon, and surprisingly, up to 50 times more than the beverages stored in plastic bottles.
When researchers at the French Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety (ASNES) measured the amount of microplastics found in lemonade, iced tea, soft drinks, and beer, they were surprised by the counterintuitive findings.
Iseline Chaib, an Anses Micropopics expert and PhD student, told the study that we expect the opposite results. AFP.
“We then noticed that in the glass, the particles that appear from the sample have the same shape, color and polymer composition – so the plastic is the same paint as the outside of the hat that seals the glass bottle.”
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As the ANSES team discovered, microplastic content is wide depending on the type of beverage.
Both the glitter and flat water are at the lowest microplastic content, about 4.5 particles (or .01 particles) per liter in the glass bottle and 1.6 particles (per gallon) in plastic (per gallon) in 1.6 particles (per gallon.004).
At the same time, sweet drinks are more in content. The soda in the glass bottle contains about 30 microplastics per liter, about 8 per gallon, while the lemonade in the glass bottle contains about 40 per liter and about 10 per gallon. (No soft drinks or beer published in the micro plastic count AFP.)
Alcohol drinks are also very dependent on the type. Glass bottles have 60 microgranules per liter, or 15 per gallon, but bottled wines (even those with beer hats) are hardly anything. Dullame Duflos, director of research at ANSES, acknowledged AFPthe reasons for this broad difference “have to be explained.”
In addition to these different microplastic content discoveries, French food regulators have also found a simple repair method that can remove certain particles: blow the cover with air and then clean them with water and alcohol, thus reducing the contaminants by 60%.
Beverage manufacturers can, as Anses noted in the statement AFPthis fix can be easily implemented if they want.
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