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Dangers of Plastic in Bottled Water

April 16, 2026 Antarctica Journal
Woman taking a sip from a clear plastic water bottle outdoors in natural light.

New studies have found that when you are drinking bottled water you may also be drinking the plastic that the bottle is made from.  The small pieces of plastic are called microplastics and can be found in the water contained in the plastic bottle.  The study found that 93% of bottled water from the US and other countries were contaminated […]

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A suicidal man who was threatening to jump off London Bridge helped save the life of a complete stranger drowning in the waters below. When emergency services arrived at London Bridge, they noticed the second man struggling to keep his head above the freezing waters of the Thames. Police talked the would-be jumper down while volunteers rescued the drowning man—who couldn’t remember how he ended up in the water. “If it hadn’t been for the original incident,” said an official, “he would never have been spotted and would have drowned.”

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