From the article, this might help:

Sajedi reviewed over 140 scientific papers to determine the effects of plastic bottles on the human body. She found that people ingest an average of 39,000 to 52,000 microplastic particles per year from food and drinking water, and those who use bottled water on a daily basis ingest nearly 90,000 more microplastic particles into their bodies.

I switched to Vivaldi recently and it’s alright. I’ll say the Brave ad blocking is solid and the android app works better than Firefox mobile.