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Most microplastics in French bottled and tap water are smaller than 20 µm - fine enough to pass into blood and organs, but below the EU-recommended detection limit

01.15.25 | PLOS

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Most microplastics in French bottled and tap water are smaller than 20 µm - fine enough to pass into blood and organs, but below the EU-recommended detection limit
Image Caption: Researchers find that 98% of microplastics in bottled water measure less than 20 µm in diameter Credit: Image Credit: Microplastic Solution, available under CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Most microplastics in French bottled and tap water are smaller than 20 µm - fine enough to pass into blood and organs, but below the EU-recommended detection limit for water quality assessments.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000250

Article Title: Majority of potable water microplastics are smaller than the 20 μm EU methodology limit for consumable water quality

Author Countries: Denmark, France

Funding: This work and the PhD fellowship of O.H. is funded by an 80Prime CNRS grant «4DμPlast» (G.L.R, J.E.S.). This publication was supported by ANR-20-CE34-0014 ATMO-PLASTIC (G.L.R, J.E.S.) and the Plasticopyr project within the Interreg V-A Spain-France-Andorra program (G.L.R) as well as observatoire Homme-Milieu Pyrénées Haut Vicdessos - LABEX DRIIHM ANR-11-LABX0010 (G.L.R).

PLOS Water

10.1371/journal.pwat.0000250

15-Jan-2025

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Water Water Quality

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Water
DOI
10.1371/journal.pwat.0000250
Article Publication Date
2025-01-15
COI Statement
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Charlotte Bhaskar
PLOS
mjpress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2025, January 15). Most microplastics in French bottled and tap water are smaller than 20 µm - fine enough to pass into blood and organs, but below the EU-recommended detection limit. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L3R20608/most-microplastics-in-french-bottled-and-tap-water-are-smaller-than-20-m-fine-enough-to-pass-into-blood-and-organs-but-below-the-eu-recommended-detection-limit.html
MLA:
"Most microplastics in French bottled and tap water are smaller than 20 µm - fine enough to pass into blood and organs, but below the EU-recommended detection limit." Brightsurf News, Jan. 15 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L3R20608/most-microplastics-in-french-bottled-and-tap-water-are-smaller-than-20-m-fine-enough-to-pass-into-blood-and-organs-but-below-the-eu-recommended-detection-limit.html.