Now Doulton Water Filters is reminding families who want to take action to protect themselves against ingesting microparticles that a water filter can help.

A recent study into the effect of plastic pollution on humans led by Kieran Cox found that people could be consuming as much as 39,000 to 52,000 plastic microparticles each year.

Drawing the findings from existing research into evidence of plastic micro-particles in a number of food and drink products including honey, beer, sugar and salt the study looked at how often these were consumed.

However, a particularly startling finding from the study carried out by the University of Victoria and the Hakai Institute research centre was how much the expected level of microplastic consumption increased when drinking bottled water.

Plastic micro-particles in bottled water

People who only drank tap water were found to be exposed to 4,000 plastic microparticles compared to 90,000 in people who only drank bottled water.

With little known about the effects of consuming microplastics on the body, or tolerance levels, there is concern about what effect this could have.

The consequences could be people taking action to cut their exposure to, and reliance on plastic in their day-to-day lives.

Doulton Water Filters manufactures water filtration systems from its base in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, that remove microplastics from tap water down to 0.2 ~ 0.5 microns in size.

Control the quality of your water

Doulton’s water filters use all-natural ceramic technology to remove 99.99+% of common contaminants from drinking water, including microplastics.

Marketing manager Yvonne Allen said: “Our health is too important to take chances with and taking steps to avoid consuming microplastics clearly makes sense. Doulton water filters allow people to drink water straight from the tap that is clean and that tastes as good as bottled water.

“Research into microplastics in drinking water has focused on particles sized 6.5 to 100 microns. Doulton Water Filters will remove plastic sized just 0.2 ~ 0.5 microns from drinking water making them ideal for families who want peace of mind in regard to what they are drinking.

“The findings are certainly alarming but as individuals, we can take action to protect ourselves as well as to cut down our single-use plastic waste footprint by choosing not to buy bottled water.”

Doulton water filters is a global water filtration specialist that has been manufacturing ceramic water filters for 185 years.

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