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Bottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thought (www.euronews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Oh boy I sure do love plastic with my water.

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

What makes its limitation 500 gallons "per day"?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plastic-digesting microbes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am a plastic digesting mega organism apparently!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Best filter is to not have them in the first place

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

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