Two researchers from the University of Toronto — Bob Andrews and Chelsea Rochman — recently collaborated with drinking water providers in a quest to find out whether microplastics are present in tap water. The answer to that question is a resounding yes, but without more information and research, drinking water professionals are left with even more questions.
“If someone asks me how microplastics in drinking water influence human health, I have to say that we have no idea,” says Rochman, an assistant professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology in U of T’s Faculty of Arts & Science. “But
There Are Microplastics in Our Tap Water. What Next?
A pair of researchers from the University of Toronto is researching how concerned we should be about microplastic pollution in our drinking water
Aug 20, 2019 |
