Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t.
It’s also meaningless without the context of how many particles other people consume.
She found that people ingest an average of 39,000 to 52,000 microplastic particles per year from food and drinking water, and those who use bottled water on a daily basis ingest nearly 90,000 more microplastic particles into their bodies.
Aha! So, now a more informative headline could be something like, “People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 3 Times as Many Microplastic Particles Each Year.”
Which I would argue is also far scarier than just some out of context bigish number.
But, I’m with you on ditching “particles” altogether and providing it in a standard measurement.
It’s also meaningless without the context of how many particles other people consume.
Aha! So, now a more informative headline could be something like, “People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 3 Times as Many Microplastic Particles Each Year.”
Which I would argue is also far scarier than just some out of context bigish number.
But, I’m with you on ditching “particles” altogether and providing it in a standard measurement.