The researchers found an average of around 100 microplastic particles per liter in glass bottles of soft drinks, lemonade, iced tea and beer. That was five to 50 times higher than the rate detected in plastic bottles or metal cans.
“We expected the opposite result,” Ph.D. student Iseline Chaib, who conducted the research, told AFP.
“We then noticed that in the glass, the particles emerging from the samples were the same shape, color and polymer composition—so therefore the same plastic—as the paint on the outside of the caps that seal the glass bottles,” she said.
The paint on the caps also had “tiny scratches, invisible to the naked eye, probably due to friction between the caps when there were stored,” the agency said in a statement.
This could then “release particles onto the surface of the caps,” it added.
Anyone drinking beer or soft drinks out of glass bottles probably isn’t worried about micro-plastics.
Ooo, we have a contender for Worst Take!
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What about kombucha? Ice tea? Water?!?! Would be nice to know that anything you consume regardless of how healthy or not doesn’t contain micro plastics or other contaminants.
You’re forgetting all the kombucha and juices that use glass bottles, and more so those than plastic. Though I think kombucha does that because the kombucha will eat through the plastic.
No one sits down with a 6 - 12 pack of Kombucha.
I like beer and would definitely prefer my beer not contain microplastics
I agree. I’m just saying that the top 10% of drinkers account for 60% of alcohol sales in the US. It’s not likely that people who consume alcohol on a regular basis are concerned about microplastics.
Why?
Alcohol/sugar contribute significantly to heart disease. Heart disease kills more people than anything. If you’re sucking down beer and pop all the time, microplastics aren’t likely your concern.
Parent commneter implies that people who consume soft drinks or alcohol aren’t concerned about their health because these beverages are not healthy