The specific rate of prevalence in different locales varied, but all tested locations — from Europe to Jakarta and Beirut — saw plastic found in over 70% of tap water samples.

Microscopic pieces of plastic have infiltrated tap water systems around the world, according to new research on worldwide water systems. Explore>> Read more trending news According to Orb Media, a ...

Once everything is in place, any water added to the Aarke’s reservoir flows through about three inches of activated carbon ...

Boiling tap water can destroy at least 80 percent of three of the most common plastic compounds that can be found in your water, according to findings published Wednesday in Environmental Research ...

Bottled water often undergoes some kind of filtering before being sold, so it can be a good idea if you know your tap water is contaminated, at least until you have addressed the problem through ...

A new study found that a 1-liter bottle of water contains an average of 240,000 plastic particles, including nanoplastics — 100 times more than researchers previously thought.

But Mason says the problem of microplastic contamination is far bigger than bottled H2O. “These plastic particles are in our air, in our water and in our soil,” she says.

The United States is the world’s largest bottled water consumer market. In 2016, sales amounted to approximately 12.8 billion gallons with two brands generating more than 1 billion in U.S. sales ...