This simple boiling water strategy can 'decontaminate' NMPs from household tap water. (Yu et al., Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2024) ...

In that report, it was found that 94% of US tap water contains microparticles, whereas 72% of European borders have microplastic particles, and India has over 82.4% microplastic in its tap water.

Microplastics are everywhere—in our food, our water and even the air. Scientists and engineers around the world have developed all sorts of creative strategies to attempt to filter our these ...

Zimin Yu, Jia-Jia Wang, Liang-Ying Liu, Zhanjun Li, Eddy Y. Zeng. Drinking Boiled Tap Water Reduces Human Intake of Nanoplastics and Microplastics. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2024 ...

To use this method, simply bring your tap water to a rolling boil for a few minutes. As the water cools down, you might notice particles or limescale settling at the bottom or floating in the water.

Environment Boiling tap water can remove 80 per cent of the microplastics in it Tap water contains tiny particles of plastic and we don’t know how they affect our health – now it seems that ...

Some manufacturers, like Sorso Wellness Water, address these issues by going beyond simple filtration. They add natural minerals like magnesium, calcium, and potassium to increase the pH level to ...