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  2. Bottled water contains thousands of nanoplastics, new study ...

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    A 2018 study found that tap water has fewer microplastics than bottled water, making it a likely better bet. Filtering your water is another possible way to decrease microplastics in drinking ...

  3. Microplastics are choking our waters. Could a sponge ... - AOL

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    Last year, researchers in Qingdao, China developed a synthetic sponge made of starch and gelatin designed to remove microplastics from water, though its efficacy varied depending on water conditions.

  4. Microplastics Are in All of Us. Just How Bad Is That, Really?

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    When Jaime Ross, PhD, a neuroscientist and assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, decided to study how contaminating the drinking water of mice with tiny ...

  5. Microplastics and human health - Wikipedia

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    The tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have been found in various environmental and biological matrices, including air, water, food, and human tissues. Microplastics, defined as plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm, and even smaller particles such as nanoplastics (NP), particles smaller than 1000 nm in diameter (0.001 mm or 1 μm ...

  6. LifeStraw - Wikipedia

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    LifeStraw is a brand of water filtration and purification devices. The original LifeStraw was designed as a portable water filter "straw". It filters a maximum of 4,000 litres of water, and enough for one person for three years. It removes almost all waterborne bacteria, microplastics and germs. [1]

  7. Tea bags and these 11 foods are likely exposing you to ... - AOL

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    A study published in March 2024 found that patients with microplastics or nanoplastics discovered in their neck arteries (while undergoing a procedure to remove plaque from the carotid arteries ...

  8. Microplastic remediation - Wikipedia

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    Microplastic remediation refers to environmental remediation techniques focused on the removal, treatment and containment of microplastics (small plastic particles) from environmental media such as soil, water, or sediment. [1] Microplastics can be removed using physical, chemical, or biological techniques. [2]

  9. A silver lining is that microplastics may not accumulate in ...

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    Microplastics are inescapable — they're in our food, air, water, and trash. You can reduce your exposure by washing your hands before you eat , removing plastic from food before microwaving ...

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