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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Why need to boil it? Is the tap water that bad otherwise?

[-] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

The effects of microplastics(/nanoplastics) on humans aren't fully understood yet. We mostly know that they are now everywhere, and are being linked to a number of health issues.

This article suggests that boiling hard tapwater can reduce the intake of microplastics via the formed "scale" trapping the plastic particles.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

If that's the Chinese study you also have to run it through a coffee filter.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Gotta season your microplastics with more microplastics.

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