COPENHAGEN, Denmark - The Danish Environmental Protection Agency is poised to test a new technology being developed to detect microplastic contamination in drinking water sources.
Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark are working on a method, backed by the Ministry of Environment and Food, which is expected to be ready by November.
Following this, a study will then start to address the wider issue of microplastics in water.
This follows an investigation earlier this month by Cphbusiness Labortatory and Environment.
CPH Post reported that 18 pieces of microplastic were found in every litre of drinking water from samples taken from 16 homes in the Copenhagen area.
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency said: “Microplastic is still a research area new area, and it is lacking, among other things, reliable measurement methods.”
The issue of microplastics entering the marine environment continues to grab headlines. Earlier this year the European Commission started a study to quantify to help reduce losses of microplastics to the aquatic environment.
Consultancy Thomson Ecology also released a set of images (above) taken from British waters showing a creatures, including a shrimp, covered in blue microplastic particles approximately 0.02mm long.
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