naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoBottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thoughtwww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down15
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minus-squareSpitfire@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months agoOh boy I sure do love plastic with my water. Realistically though, is there any way to really filter out these?
minus-squaredevious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoI am a plastic digesting mega organism apparently!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoYou’re not digesting it; it’s slowly disrupting all your systems.
minus-squareArtemis@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoSawyer 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.
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·10 months agoQuoting as 100% effective is a good indicator of bullshit in any scenario
minus-squareCorkyskoglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoWell also that tap water filters are usually a giant plastic contaminant themselves.
minus-squareripcord@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·10 months agoBest filter is to not have them in the first place
minus-squareCorkyskoglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoPretty soon drinking water is going to have to go through a centrifuge first haha.
Oh boy I sure do love plastic with my water.
Realistically though, is there any way to really filter out these?
Plastic-digesting microbes.
I am a plastic digesting mega organism apparently!
You’re not digesting it; it’s slowly disrupting all your systems.
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.
Quoting as 100% effective is a good indicator of bullshit in any scenario
Well also that tap water filters are usually a giant plastic contaminant themselves.
Best filter is to not have them in the first place
Pretty soon drinking water is going to have to go through a centrifuge first haha.