More microplastics in glass bottles than plastic ones

French researchers were surprised to find that the level of microplastics is higher in glass bottles than in other containers. — dpa

A team of investigators at France’s national food agency Anses has discovered that some glass bottles have more microplastics in them than other containers, including those made of plastic.

The “surprising finding” came about in tests carried out by the Anses Laboratory for Food Safety, whose researchers fingered paint on bottle caps as the likeliest culprit for the counterintuitive outcome.