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    When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water? Imagine you are wandering about on a Thai island or __1__ the ruins of Angkor. It's hot so you grab a bottle of water from a local vendor. It's the safe thing to do, right? The bottle is __2__ , and the label says "pure water". But maybe what's inside is not so __3__ . Would you still be drinking it if you knew that more than 90 percent of all bottled water sold around the world __4__ micro-plastics? That's the conclusion of a recently __5__ study, which analyzed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries, __6__ an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water. These micro-plastics included a __7__ commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food and __8__ containers. The study was conducted at the State University of New York on behalf of Orb Media, a journalism organization. About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water. Confronted with this __9__ , several bottled-water manufacturers including Nestle and Coca-Cola undertook their own studies using the same methodology. These studies showed that their water did contain micro-plastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested. Regardless, the World Health Organization has launched a review into the __10__ health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.A.adequateB. admiringC. containsD. defendingE. evidenceF. instantG. liquidH. modifiedI. naturalJ. potentialK. releasedL. revealingM. sealedN. solvesO. substance


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