naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoBottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thoughtwww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down15
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minus-squareSpitfire@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year 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-up8·1 year agoI am a plastic digesting mega organism apparently!
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoYou’re not digesting it; it’s slowly disrupting all your systems.
minus-squareArtemis@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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-up27arrow-down2·1 year agoQuoting as 100% effective is a good indicator of bullshit in any scenario
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoWell also that tap water filters are usually a giant plastic contaminant themselves.
minus-squareaveryminya@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat makes its limitation 500 gallons “per day”?
minus-squareripcord@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoBest filter is to not have them in the first place
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year 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.
What makes its limitation 500 gallons “per day”?
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.