Athena on Nostr: #Microplastics are seemingly everywhere—water, soil & the air. While many creative ...
#Microplastics are seemingly everywhere—water, soil & the air. While many creative strategies have been attempted to get rid of these #plastic bits, one unexpectedly effective solution for specifically cleaning up drinking #water might be as simple as brewing a cup of tea or coffee.
A new paper suggests that boiling and filtering tap water could help remove nearly 90% of the microplastics present.
#PlasticPollution
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-microplastics.htmlPublished at
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