Which is available to everyone Scientists from China have discovered that boiling water is a simple and effective way to remove microplastics from it. Discuss© Ferra.ru
This is especially true for hard water, where the effectiveness of the method reaches 90%.
In a study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, scientists from Guangzhou Medical University and Jinan University added microplastic particles to samples of different types of tap water. They then boiled the water for 5 minutes.
It turned out that in hard water (high in calcium), boiling removes up to 80% of microplastics.
This is because boiling calcium reacts with plastic, forming insoluble compounds that precipitate.
In soft water, the effect was less pronounced – boiling removed only 25% of microplastics.
Thus, boiling is simple and an affordable way to make drinking water cleaner. And if there is scale in your water, you can additionally pass it through a paper coffee filter to remove any remaining sediment along with the plastic “encapsulated” in it.