New research found that boiling drinking water can remove up to nearly 90 percent of microplastics.
"This study is aimed to stimulate more studies," the scientists wrote in their new paper. But they also noted that boiling water is relatively easy to do and has other health benefits — like killing potentially harmful microbes, parasites and viruses.
If you want to try it, the researchers cautioned you should wait 5 to 10 minutes to let the solids settle — and let the water cool.
"This study is aimed to stimulate more studies," the scientists wrote in their new paper. But they also noted that boiling water is relatively easy to do and has other health benefits — like killing potentially harmful microbes, parasites and viruses.
If you want to try it, the researchers cautioned you should wait 5 to 10 minutes to let the solids settle — and let the water cool.
Then you can filter out the solids.
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