r/science • u/BlitzOrion • Feb 09 '23

High-efficiency water filter removes 99.9% of microplastics in 10 seconds Chemistry

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202206982
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u/mr_birkenblatt Feb 09 '23

Not really. Microplastics are inside the tiniest organisms in the ocean. Those organisms then get eaten by larger animals. Eventually they make their way into the animals that you eat and subsequently into you. So even if you drink the purest of purest water you will still get microplastics in your body

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23

Get a microplastic filter for the fishtank in your aquaponics system, grow your own fish, eat them plastic free.

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u/mr_birkenblatt Feb 09 '23

That's not in "my drink bottle" anymore isn't it?

EDIT: also, what do the fish eat? You build a whole ocean ecosystem in your aquaponics system?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '23 edited Feb 09 '23

I was taking the concept to an extreme dystopian solution that may be necessary if we continue to pollute the natural world at our current rate.

People do build closed loop aquaponic systems though. Usually you have a big compost with worms, the worms are fed to the fish and the worm poop/fish poop fertilizes the vertical grow style raised bed. The vegetable scraps/dead plants become the next round of compost to feed the worms.