This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water Virginia teenager Mia Heller’s filtration system harnesses the power of ferrofluid, a magnetic oil that binds to microplastics in flowing water

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This could be huge

"France is the 1st country to require all new washing machines to have a #microplasticsfilter... That’s brilliant. We would hope that maybe that would catch on, as our fabrics are a huge source of #microplastics in the environment."
- Dr. @janevandis.bsky.social with @nehapathak.bsky.social