Are we drinking Clean water from plastic bottles?

The answer is no. Even though we buy water in plastic containers the water is getting contaminated. Can you guess the source of contamination.

Yes, you are right. It's plastic.

A non-profit organisation based on US led by Orb Media, revealed widespread contamination with plastic debris including polypropylene, nylon, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

The rate of contamination:

The findings suggest that a person who drinks a litre of bottled water a day might be consuming tens of thousands of microplastic particles each year.

Plastic was identified in 93 per cent of the samples. Particle concentration ranged from zero to more than 10,000 in a single bottle.

On average, plastic particles in the 100 micron (0.10mm) size range -- known as microplastics -- were found at an average rate of 10.4 plastic particles per litre.

Contamination:

Even smaller particles were more common, averaging about 325 per litre.

Bottles of water from the same brand contained a wide range of plastic contamination, with particles as small as 6.5 microns.