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Bottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thought (www.euronews.com)
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[-] Spitfire@pawb.social 15 points 8 months ago

Oh boy I sure do love plastic with my water.

Realistically though, is there any way to really filter out these?

[-] Artemis@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

Sawyer tap filters remove 100% of microplastics (which I'm really hoping is legit!). They fit right on your tap and other than looking a bit funny work great. Just replaced my Brita filter with one a few weeks ago.

[-] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Quoting as 100% effective is a good indicator of bullshit in any scenario

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

Well also that tap water filters are usually a giant plastic contaminant themselves.

[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

What makes its limitation 500 gallons "per day"?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Plastic-digesting microbes.

[-] devious@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I am a plastic digesting mega organism apparently!

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

You're not digesting it; it's slowly disrupting all your systems.

[-] ripcord@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Best filter is to not have them in the first place

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Pretty soon drinking water is going to have to go through a centrifuge first haha.

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