Microscopic plastic particles found in 12 beers
Read this before your next brew
Read this before your next brew
Read this before your next brew
Microplastics have already been found in water supplies around the world and in some of the world바카라 게임 웹사이트s largest bottled water brands. And now, it seems, they have found their way into beer.
New research, published in the journal in April, revealed scientists have detected microplastics in the liquid of 12 American beers. While the beers were not named specifically, they were all pilsners and the location where the beers are made was disclosed in the study.
The study
The latest study detected microplastics in 12 different beer brands which used water from the Laurentian Great Lakes 바카라 게임 웹사이트 Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
On average, the beers were found to contain four particles of plastic per liter, while the worst brand had 14 particles per liter. Most of these particles were plastic fibers between 0.1바카라 게임 웹사이트5 mm in length.
Is there a link between plastic in beer and drinking water?
바카라 게임 웹사이트Even though the average number of particles found in beer (4.05 particle per liter) was similar to the average number of particles found in tap water (5.45 particles per liter), not even a weak correlation could be drawn when comparing the results from specific beer brands to their corresponding municipal tap water supply,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the study states.
바카라 게임 웹사이트In fact, the highest and lowest counts in this study came from two beers that were brewed in the same city using the same municipal water supply.바카라 게임 웹사이트
More research is now required into the process of beer production to determine where the contaminants come from. This study was not able to find conclusive proof that plastic in beer is linked to drinking water.
What are microplastics?
The defines "microplastics" as pieces of plastic that are less than five millimeters long, and can be harmful to our environment.
Microfibers from clothes, microbeads in cosmetic products and pre-production pellets are all examples of these small particles of plastic.