There have been multiple reports of how microplastics have made their way into your tap water and drinking water and not just oceans and rivers. A study in 2017 by Orb Media said that 83 percent of the the tap water samples collected from across the world were found to be contaminated with microplastics. India was third on the list, with 82.4 percent of the tap water being contaminated.
But a new World Health Organisation report on the impact the tiny plastic pollutants have on human health, has said there isn’t enough reason yet to worry.
Microplastics are defined as less than five millimetres long.