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 ZeroCool   ( @ZeroCool@beehaw.org )  to Science · 2 年前

Boiling tap water can remove 90 percent of microplastics

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Boiling tap water can remove 90 percent of microplastics

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 ZeroCool   ( @ZeroCool@beehaw.org )  to Science · 2 年前
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Tiny plastic particles float inside tap water, and it's still unclear how they impact our health. But boiling the water for 5 minutes could remove most of them, a new study finds. most of them
  •  Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA
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    Probably for a very long time…we live in a very remote area…in the wilderness of Maine…our county has never allowed commercial development…the only things here are camps/cabins/homes.

    •  andrai   ( @andrai@feddit.de ) 
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      There is microplastic in Antarctica. Unless your well feeds on an ancient aquifer instead of groundwater it will still be contaminated.

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    •  QualifiedKitten   ( @QualifiedKitten@kbin.social ) 
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      I’m pretty sure microplastics have even been detected in rainwater.

    •  Shdwdrgn   ( @Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz ) 
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      But what about the counties upstream of you?

      •  Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA
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        I don’t believe that’s how aquifers work.

      •  chaogomu   ( @chaogomu@kbin.social ) 
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        Maine doesn’t really have anyone “upstream”.

    •  melroy   ( @melroy@kbin.melroy.org ) 
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      No Washington, D.C. anymore?

      •  Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA
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        ???

        •  melroy   ( @melroy@kbin.melroy.org ) 
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          ow never mind haha. I thought you lived there in the past. lol

          •  Chris Remington   ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA
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            No worries.

    •  FunkyMonk   ( @FunkyMonk@kbin.social ) 
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      for… now.

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