• MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    If you’re going to boil it anyway, why not just distill it instead of filtering after you’ve boiled it?

    • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Distilling takes a lot more energy. Once water hits boiling point the energy to turn it to steam is far more than heating it up 1°C when it isn’t boiling.

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    4 months ago

    Then you get the bonus of putting the microplastics in the air so they can go straight to your lungs instead of your stomach.

    • Azzu@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      The article literally says they get trapped in the calcium that encrusts your boiling apparatus soooo… Try again?