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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish34•edit-27 months agoThe good news is that they found that boiling water eliminates 90% of microplastics. In a few years the oceans should be about the right temperature.
minus-square@harklinkEnglish1•edit-27 months agoEliminates them how? Do they break down and if so what do they break down into? I’m genuinely curious.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months ago“Eliminates” is a bit misleading. Calcium carbonate in the water traps the particles, some in the layer that builds up in the pot, the rest can be filtered out easier because the resulting particles are bigger.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoI honestly don’t know the science behind it. It has just been in the news the last week or so.
The good news is that they found that boiling water eliminates 90% of microplastics. In a few years the oceans should be about the right temperature.
Let’s boiling tires !
Eliminates them how? Do they break down and if so what do they break down into? I’m genuinely curious.
“Eliminates” is a bit misleading. Calcium carbonate in the water traps the particles, some in the layer that builds up in the pot, the rest can be filtered out easier because the resulting particles are bigger.
I honestly don’t know the science behind it. It has just been in the news the last week or so.