Want fewer microplastics in your tap water? Try boiling it first (IMAGE)

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Want fewer microplastics in your tap water? Try boiling it first

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Boiling tap water can trap nano- and microplastics inside limescale particles, which can be easily filtered out.

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Eddy Zeng

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