Microplastics Are Increasingly Contaminating Our Bodies and Bottled Water Is a Major Route
“I was standing there looking out at this gorgeous view of the Andaman Sea, and then I looked down and beneath my feet were all these pieces of plastic, most of them water bottles,” she recalls.
The moment stayed with her. After decades in business as a co-founder of an environmental software company, Sajedi returned to academia to study plastic waste. Her focus shifted from shorelines to something far more personal: the water people drink every day.
In a recent review in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, Sajedi and her colleagues analyzed more than 140 scientific studies on nano- and microplastics released from single-use plastic water bottles.
Their conclusion reframes bottled water as more than an environmental problem. It is also a potential public health issue, delivering plastic particles directly into the human body.
