Using 3D printing, researchers developed lattices which removed up to 75 per cent of PFOA, one of the most common forever chemicals.

Using 3D printing, researchers developed lattices which removed up to 75 per cent of PFOA, one of the most common forever chemicals.

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  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    It is possible they don’t trust this to be food grade yet, or maybe it traps a lot of forever chemicals but it erodes microplastics as it filters. It also sounds like you need a fairly special material to print it, not just your average plastics.

    Something people can do to treat their water for some forever chemicals is using activated carbon filters. There are several types available from different residential water treatment companies.

    • Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run
      2·
      3 months ago

      I’ve been using a multi-stage RO filter for years. It used to be because one didn’t know what was coming out of the pipe in the next gallon of water. Now it’s because I know what’s coming out of the pipe.

      • ryannathans
        1·
        3 months ago

        Recent research has shown RO membranes produce a fuckton of microplastics

          • ryannathans
            1·
            3 months ago

            I went back through 6 months of my comment history to find out the post has been removed… By memory a study found a ton of microplastics in bottled water, most were polyamide nanoplastics which was not found in the plastic of the bottle itself. It seemed the only part of the process that was made of polyamide was the RO membrane