Plastic bottles are made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET. Sounds official, right? Think of it as a plastic army, and when you squeeze or heat the bottle, some soldiers defect into your drink.
Here’s a bonkers fact: a single liter of bottled water can hold hundreds of thousands of microplastic particles. That’s more microplastics than a glitter bomb at a disco.
One study found that bottled water contains about twice as many microplastics as tap water. So your fancy spring water might be pricier, but it’s also plastic-ier.
