Plant-Based Filter Removes Up to 99.9% of Microplastics from Water

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But what about that remaining 0.1%? Aren't we just creating a pathway for these super microplastics to breed and create even stronger microplastics?
- Just Filter the water again and it will remove 99.9% of the remaining 0.01%
  
  Then once you get the plastic down to .0001% or whatever, you can sell it as a homeopathic remedy!
  
  But It's important to breed superinteligent microplastic, which will rule us and get rid of furries.
- Ah shit you’re right. Best run in the opposite direction of any solution that doesn’t completely solve the entire fucking problem, right?
  
  Or… perhaps we solve the remaining 0.1% when we have it figured out and in the meantime attempt to limit as much as possible
big if true
- big if scalable
  
  Being scalable and cost-effective is the most important thing.
Original source: https://news.ubc.ca/2023/08/16/microplastic-pollution-plants-could-be-the-answer/

Research paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202301531
- Thanks for linking the research paper, really appreciate it

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