Tap water is widely contaminated by plastic

US

Tap water

samples containing

plastic fibres

94.4%

4.8

Average number

of fibres per 500ml

Uganda

Lebanon

India

93.8

82.4

80.8

2.2

4.0

4.5

Indonesia

Europe

Ecuador

79.2

76.2

72.2

1.9

1.9

2.2

Europe

US

Lebanon

4.5

72.2

of tap water

samples contained

plastic fibres

94.4%

93.8

1.9

82.4

Indonesia

4.8

India

76.2

80.8

79.2

4.0

Uganda

Ecuador

1.9

2.2

2.2

Average number

of fibres per 500ml