This graph shows the percentage of drinking water worldwide where plastic particles were detected in 2017. It shows that drinking water in Europe on average contained the lowest percentage of plastic fibers, with 72 percent. Drinking water in the USA and Beirut contained the highest average of contaminated samples with 94 percent.
Percentage of drinking water with plastic particles worldwide in 2017, by select country
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Orb. (May 16, 2017). Percentage of drinking water with plastic particles worldwide in 2017, by select country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/784653/plastic-particles-detected-in-drinking-water-globally/
Orb. "Percentage of drinking water with plastic particles worldwide in 2017, by select country." Chart. May 16, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784653/plastic-particles-detected-in-drinking-water-globally/
Orb. (2017). Percentage of drinking water with plastic particles worldwide in 2017, by select country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784653/plastic-particles-detected-in-drinking-water-globally/
Orb. "Percentage of Drinking Water with Plastic Particles Worldwide in 2017, by Select Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784653/plastic-particles-detected-in-drinking-water-globally/
Orb, Percentage of drinking water with plastic particles worldwide in 2017, by select country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784653/plastic-particles-detected-in-drinking-water-globally/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Percentage of drinking water with plastic particles worldwide in 2017, by select country [Graph], Orb, May 16, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/784653/plastic-particles-detected-in-drinking-water-globally/