Drinking Water From Plastic Bottles Can Increase Blood Pressure, Says Study

The new study has been carried out by the Department of Medicine at Danube Private University in Austria. The team of researchers there a group of participants fluid that was not in a plastic bottle and found that their blood pressure decreases significantly.

Our planet has been polluted by a number of things. One of them is microplastics - small particles of plastic found in the vast majority of our food and water supply.

These have been dubbed as one of the most harmful substances for humans, affecting our health adversely.

Now, a study published in the journal Microplastics has found that drinking from plastic bottles may increase blood pressure as a result of microplastics entering the bloodstream, according to New York Post.

These have already been linked to heart health, hormone imbalance and even cancer.

The new study has been carried out by the Department of Medicine at Danube Private University in Austria, and published in the journal Microplastics.

The team of researchers there gave a group of participants fluid that was not in a plastic bottle and found that their blood pressure decreases significantly.

"Remarkable trends were observed. The results of the study suggest, for the first time, that a reduction in plastic use could potentially lower blood pressure, probably due to the reduced volume of plastic particles in the bloodstream," the team wrote in the study, as per the Post report.

Full article: https://www.ndtv.com/science/drinking-water-from-plastic-bottles-can-increase-blood-pressure-says-study-6274796