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Boiling tap water can remove 90 percent of microplastics (www.livescience.com)
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[–] admin@beehaw.org 17 points 8 months ago (16 children)

Luckily I have well water...probably some of the cleanest water on Earth...I've tested it several times with kits.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 21 points 8 months ago (13 children)

For now.

[–] admin@beehaw.org 7 points 8 months ago (11 children)

Probably for a very long time...we live in a very remote area...in the wilderness of Maine...our county has never allowed commercial development...the only things here are camps/cabins/homes.

[–] andrai@feddit.de 18 points 8 months ago

There is microplastic in Antarctica. Unless your well feeds on an ancient aquifer instead of groundwater it will still be contaminated.

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