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@ZeroCool@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org • 1 year 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@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org • 1 year 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
  • Kalkaline
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    22•1 year ago

    For now.

    • @seathru@lemmy.sdf.org
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      19•1 year ago

      At least until the fracking crews come.

    • Chris Remington
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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@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.

      • @Treevan@aussie.zone
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        deleted by creator

      • QualifiedKitten
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        I’m pretty sure microplastics have even been detected in rainwater.

      • @Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz
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        3•1 year ago

        But what about the counties upstream of you?

        • Chris Remington
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          I don’t believe that’s how aquifers work.

        • chaogomu
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          Maine doesn’t really have anyone “upstream”.

      • melroy
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        2•1 year ago

        No Washington, D.C. anymore?

        • Chris Remington
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          ???

          • melroy
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            ow never mind haha. I thought you lived there in the past. lol

            • Chris Remington
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              No worries.

      • FunkyMonk
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        for… now.

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