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minus-square@Spitfire@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year agoOh boy I sure do love plastic with my water. Realistically though, is there any way to really filter out these?
minus-square@Artemis@lemmy.mllinkfedilink7•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-square@SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish25•1 year agoQuoting as 100% effective is a good indicator of bullshit in any scenario
minus-square@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink7•1 year agoWell also that tap water filters are usually a giant plastic contaminant themselves.
minus-square@averyminya@beehaw.orglinkfedilink1•1 year agoWhat makes its limitation 500 gallons “per day”?
minus-square@devious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•1 year agoI am a plastic digesting mega organism apparently!
minus-square@SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•1 year agoYou’re not digesting it; it’s slowly disrupting all your systems.
minus-square@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•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?
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”?
Plastic-digesting microbes.
I am a plastic digesting mega organism apparently!
You’re not digesting it; it’s slowly disrupting all your systems.
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.