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WHO Study Finds No Evidence Of Health Concerns From Microplastics In Drinking Water

The World Health Organization says that the tiny particles of plastic found everywhere in the environment do not appear to pose any significant risk to human health.
A water sample taken from the Mediterranean Sea as part of a scientific study about microplastics damaging marine ecosystems, near Villefranche-Sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, France, in 2018.

The World Health Organization says there's not enough evidence to conclude that — which exist everywhere in the environment and show up in drinking water — pose any risk to human health, but it cautions that more research is

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