ZeroCool@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 8 months agoBoiling tap water can remove 90 percent of microplasticswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down10
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minus-squareChris Remington@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up20·8 months agoLuckily I have well water…probably some of the cleanest water on Earth…I’ve tested it several times with kits.
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 months agoAt least until the fracking crews come.
minus-squareChris Remington@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoProbably for a very long time…we live in a very remote area…in the wilderness of Maine…our county has never allowed commercial development…the only things here are camps/cabins/homes.
minus-squareandrai@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up21·8 months agoThere is microplastic in Antarctica. Unless your well feeds on an ancient aquifer instead of groundwater it will still be contaminated.
minus-squareQualifiedKitten@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoI’m pretty sure microplastics have even been detected in rainwater.
minus-squareShdwdrgn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoBut what about the counties upstream of you?
minus-squareChris Remington@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI don’t believe that’s how aquifers work.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoMaine doesn’t really have anyone “upstream”.
minus-squaremelroy@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoow never mind haha. I thought you lived there in the past. lol
minus-squareP1r4nha@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·8 months agoYou tested it for microplastics? They’re everywhere. Even on top of mountains
minus-squarestembolts@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoThe Marianna Trench contains microplastics. (not a meme) The eggs of all newly born children contain microplastics. (not a meme) But this person’s water-well. Free and clear. I think the key is this their well is outside of the environment. (meme)
Luckily I have well water…probably some of the cleanest water on Earth…I’ve tested it several times with kits.
For now.
At least until the fracking crews come.
Probably for a very long time…we live in a very remote area…in the wilderness of Maine…our county has never allowed commercial development…the only things here are camps/cabins/homes.
There is microplastic in Antarctica. Unless your well feeds on an ancient aquifer instead of groundwater it will still be contaminated.
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I’m pretty sure microplastics have even been detected in rainwater.
But what about the counties upstream of you?
I don’t believe that’s how aquifers work.
Maine doesn’t really have anyone “upstream”.
No Washington, D.C. anymore?
???
ow never mind haha. I thought you lived there in the past. lol
No worries.
for… now.
You tested it for microplastics? They’re everywhere. Even on top of mountains
The Marianna Trench contains microplastics. (not a meme)
The eggs of all newly born children contain microplastics. (not a meme)
But this person’s water-well. Free and clear. I think the key is this their well is outside of the environment. (meme)