BigTrout75@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoPlastic tea bagslemmy.worldimagemessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down144file-textcross-posted to: tea@feddit.uk
arrow-up1465arrow-down1imagePlastic tea bagslemmy.worldBigTrout75@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square148fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: tea@feddit.uk
I decided to have a green tea because it’s healthier than soda. It’s healthier, right? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389239/
minus-squareLordKitsuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThe metal grid is nowhere near fine enough for microplastics. It’s like trying to filter out a car through gaps the size of the grand canyon
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoLooks like I got the wrong kind of filter, but eh 🤷 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/boiling-tap-water-could-help-remove-80-percent-of-its-microplastics-study-suggests-180983874/ Tldr minerals capture it, the filter capture minerals
The metal grid is nowhere near fine enough for microplastics. It’s like trying to filter out a car through gaps the size of the grand canyon
Looks like I got the wrong kind of filter, but eh 🤷
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/boiling-tap-water-could-help-remove-80-percent-of-its-microplastics-study-suggests-180983874/
Tldr minerals capture it, the filter capture minerals