Study finds bottled water contains microscopic plastic pieces

>> DRINKING BOTTLED WATER IS OFTEN CONSIDERED SAFER AND CLEANER, BUT NOW A NEW ALARMING STUDY SAYS WATER BOTTLES ARE. >> FILLED WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MICRO-PLASTICS THESE MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES ARE SMALL ENOUGH TO ENTER THE HUMAN BLOODSTREAM. KTLA SAMANTHA CORTESE JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT EXPERTS SAY THESE FINDINGS FOR OUR HEALTH SAM. >> YEAH, INTERNATIONAL BAADER BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION EXISTS IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BOTTLED WATER LOBBY. THEY SAY TONIGHT THAT THIS IS JUST MEDIA SCARE TACTICS, BUT WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LEAD AUTHOR OF THIS STUDY AS WELL AS A LOCAL DOCTOR INVISIBLE NANO PLASTICS. THE STUDY'S LEAD AUTHOR SAYS THAT IS 10 TO 100 TIMES MORE THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED I MYSELF ASSIGNED THIS. >> I WOULD WANT MORE HAVE SAID THAT HALF OF COLLEGE. A STUDY. 2 ACTUALLY NOW WHETHER HOW YOU WOULD BE TO MY OWN, BUT CHANCE SAID NANO PLASTICS ARE BELIEVED TO BE MORE TOXIC SINCE THEIR SMALLER SIZE MAKES THEM EASIER TO GET INTO OUR BLOODSTREAM AND REACH OUR VITAL ORGANS. >> DOCTOR KIMBERLY PATRICK FROM KAISER IN SANTA MONICA REITERATED THE IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CHENEY THEY MIGHT MIGRATE THROUGH TISSUES OF OUR DIGESTIVE TRACT LUNGS AND INTO OUR BLOODSTREAM. DOCTORS SAY THESE PLASTICS ARE ESTHER GEN X. >> THEY ARE IMPOTENT AND POTENTIALLY HARMFUL LONG TERM IT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO DIABETES OBESITY CANCER AND FERTILITY PROBLEMS. BUT AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN SHOWN ANIMAL STUDIES, NOT NECESSARILY IN HUMANS QUITE YET. BUT IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE PRESENT IN OUR CELLS SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S THERE WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HARM IT IS DOING TO US. >> THE STUDY DID NOT NAME WHICH WATER BOTTLE COMPANIES WERE EXAMINED THOUGH CHAN SAID THEY WERE SOLD AT WALMART FOR NOW WHETHER THAT'S A BOTTLE IN THE CAR OR A MICROWAVE MEAL DOCTORS RECOMMEND WE DON'T CONSUME THMEIN GS WATER OR FOOD

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Length: 2min 34sec (154 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 10 2024