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ZeroCool ( ZeroCool@beehaw.org )  to Science · 3 years ago

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 · 3 years ago
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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
  • fine_sandy_bottom ( fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic debris measuring less than 0.2 inches (5 millimeters) long,

    That can’t be right. There sure ain’t 5mm pieces of plastic in my drinking water. 0.05mm would be hard to believe.

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      Not sure that’s correct, but 5 mm being the upper cap doesn’t mean they’re that long.

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        I guess the author has just googled “define microplastics”… but when we think about microplastics in our drinking water we’re not thinking about 5mm pieces of plastic.

        A consumer grade filter will remove things larger than 0.0005mm.

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      Sadly, that is the definition of microplastics. I’m not sure why a 5mm piece is considered „micro“

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