Have You Been Drinking Microplastics?

Contents
What Are Microplastics?

How Do Plastics Get Into Drinking Water?

The Role of Plastic Bottles in Water Pollution

How Do Microplastics Harm Me and My Family?

How Can I Support the World Environment Day 2025 Campaign to #BeatPlasticPollution and Keep My Family Safe?

Ditch the plastic bottle

Use HomePure to get rid of microplastics

Wash your fruits and vegetables in filtered water

What Are Microplastics?
Microplastics — or synthetic polymer microparticles — are plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm in length. They often originate from manufactured products or the breakdown of larger plastic items. These particles frequently find their way into freshwater systems and can even contaminate drinking water that hasn’t been properly treated.

How Do Plastics Get Into Drinking Water?
You might be surprised by how many everyday items contain plastic. Plastic bottles and caps are the number one source of microplastics in drinking water. But plastics are also hidden in your clothes, detergents, and even tea bags. When these break down, they release tiny polymers that end up polluting our waterways.

Every time your shoes wear down, you wash your clothes, or you use exfoliating products, you are contributing to microplastic generation. Multiply this by factories and large corporations, and the scale becomes staggering.

A 2023 study by Japanese scientists found between 6.7 and 13.9 pieces of microplastic per litre of cloud water, suggesting that microplastics may be “raining” down on us and contaminating almost everything we eat and drink.

The Role of Plastic Bottles in Water Pollution
The Role of Plastic Bottles in Water Pollution
It’s estimated that the bottled water industry produces 1 million bottles every minute — a figure that surged during the global pandemic as single-use products became more popular. Alarmingly, 86% of these bottles are not recycled, leaving our oceans and drinking water flooded with microplastics.
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