[HN Gopher] A Student Built a Water Filter That Removes 96% of M...
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       A Student Built a Water Filter That Removes 96% of Microplastics
        
       Author : noja
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2026-03-23 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | Grimblewald wrote:
       | Sounds great and it's cool to see young people involved, but part
       | of what makes ferrofluid what it is, is surfactants. These love
       | water as much as they move oil, so much so they can allow the two
       | to mix. So my question is, what is being added to the water? Are
       | the plastics removed the ones we worry about? Not all plastics or
       | even particles are the same or have similar biological impacts.
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       | If this adds extra gunk to my water and only removes particles
       | I'd have excreted anyway, it makes the problem worse not better.
       | 
       | this is exciting but i wouldnt rush to put something like it into
       | my kitchen.
        
       | jerlam wrote:
       | The articles exclusively mentioning how it removes microplastics,
       | begs the question how it removes everything else water filters
       | already handle.
        
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