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Soda in glass bottles had about 30 microplastics per liter while lemonade in glass bottles had about 40 per liter. (No plastic bottle microplastic counts for soft drinks or beer were published by AFP.

That was five to 50 times higher than the rate detected in plastic bottles or metal cans. “We expected the opposite result,” PhD student Iseline Chaib, who conducted the research, told AFP.

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For water, both flat and sparkling, the amount of microplastic was relatively low in all cases, ranging from 4.5 particles per liter in glass bottles to 1.6 particles in plastic. Wine also contained ...

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