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Stories and findings from LA's community microplastic water testing project.
We bought Dasani, Liquid Death, Fiji, Evian, Crystal Geyser, San Pellegrino, and Path from a grocery store in LA. Every single one had microplastics. The aluminum cans were just as bad as the plastic bottles.
Read more →A peer-reviewed UCLA study validated the exact fluorescence imaging method we use to detect microplastics in your tap water — down to 10 microns, using a smartphone camera.
Read more →Most LA homes were re-piped with PEX — a plastic pipe. Chlorine in the water degrades it, and the pipe sheds microplastic particles directly into your tap. Here's what a licensed plumber and our data are telling us.
Read more →Fluorescence microscopy results from 20+ residential tap water samples across West LA neighborhoods. Every sample contained microplastics.
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