bottled water

Scientists Find About A Quarter Million Nanoplastic Particles In Bottled Water

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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 by a microscope using dual lasers. Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never … Read more

Singapore: Singapore to phase out bottled water at Govt meetings, cut on air conditioning

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Singapore is phasing out bottled water at meetings and keeping indoor temperature at 25 degrees Celsius in government buildings to reduce its environmental impact. These greening efforts were detailed in the GreenGov.SG report, the government’s first sustainability report card, was published by the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) on Friday. While public sector … Read more