{
  "id": 9323803,
  "title": "Researchers find convenience, drinking water access and advertising drive global bottled water consumption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/researchers-find-convenience-drinking-water-access-and-advertising",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T11:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-convenience-access-advertising-global-bottled.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Over 1 million plastic water bottles are bought globally every minute. That translates into more than 1.3 billion every day and more than 500 billion every year. That's a lot of plastic, and much of it winds up in human bodies and landfills. The long-term health implications are still unknown, but preliminary research shows risks to human health, with nano- and microplastics accumulating in our…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}