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[–] niktemadur 22 points 7 months ago

Obama: bans microplastic beads

orange parasite: lifts ban on asbestos

Idiots: bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe

[–] FilthyShrooms 8 points 7 months ago

[–] JusticeForPorygon 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ah fuck we have NANOPLASTICS now?

[–] ignotum 3 points 7 months ago

Wake me when they release picoplastics

[–] Lizardking27 1 points 6 months ago

And nanoplastics can potentially enter your cells.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Gotta season your microplastics with more microplastics.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

so it melts the plastics into bigger pieces or what

[–] Telodzrum 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The heat makes them more malleable so enzymes can attach and help break them down into super calories.

[–] AnIntenseMoist 2 points 7 months ago

So the 0 calorie label on water is now a lie?