Micro plastics in bottle water
23 March 2018 |
5:42 am
Coca-Cola has accepted that there are microplastics in its Dasani water sold in Kenya. A study by scientists at the State University of New York showed that 93 percent of famous bottled water products are contaminated by tiny pieces of plastic.
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