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Boiling tap water may be solution to microplastics
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It is no longer in solution, it precipitated out. This could very well be used to reduce microplastics in water.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00081
Seems like boiling hard water followed by filtration would do the trick. Decanting after letting the water sit for a while, to allow precipitates to fall to the bottom, could work also.
If my water supply would be pre-boiled, I would be so happy!