US EditionThis Common Plant Could Eliminate up to 98% of Microplastics From Drinking Water, Reveals Scientific Study
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Microplastics are already present in drinking water sources, food and even in the air. Their tiny size, ranging from microscopic fractions to 5 millimetres, allows them to stay in the environment for long periods and cross different water treatment systems.A study published in the journal ACS Omega evaluated whether the seeds of Moringa oleifera, a plant known for its natural coagulant properties, can help remove these pollutants from the water …
Opening the tap and filling a glass should be a simple gesture. But the conversation about the microplastics has reached there, to that kitchen of any house, and we don’t always know what part is alarm and what part is science. Now a team from the State University Paulista (UNESP), in Brazil, has put numbers on the table and tested an unexpected alternative. A salt extract of moringa seeds (a very common tree in tropical areas) managed to group …
As our processing plants struggle to eliminate nanoplastics, an African seed does what modern technology cannot accomplish. Used for centuries by Sudanese women, moringa eliminates more than 98% of microplastics in a matter of minutes, with no toxic residue. More
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