Microplastics have become a pervasive problem in our water sources, posing potential risks to both human health and the environment. Fortunately, scientists have discovered a remarkably simple trick ...
To test this, the researchers began with samples of “hard” tap water, which has a high concentration of minerals such as calcium carbonate, and contaminated them with nano and microplastics (NMPs), ...
What they found was dramatic — especially in “hard” water, or water with large concentrations of minerals like calcium and magnesium. At high enough temperatures, calcium carbonate (which is commonly ...