• Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    25·
    4 months ago

    Article has:

    • no comparison of how boiled+filtered compares to just filtered
    • imprecise ambiguous indirect language (“A greater concentration of NMPs”)
    • 5x longer than it needs to be
    • no link to study

    every cracker article is like this

    • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      5x longer than it needs to be

      Compare:

      A greater concentration of NMPs was removed from samples of hard tap water, which naturally forms a build-up of limescale (or calcium carbonate) as it is heated. Commonly seen inside kitchen kettles, the chalky substance forms on the plastic’s surface as changes in temperature force the calcium carbonate out of solution, effectively trapping the plastic fragments in a crust.

      Even in soft water, where less calcium carbonate is dissolved, roughly a quarter of the NMPs were snagged from the water. Any bits of lime-encrusted plastic could then be removed through a simple filter like the stainless steel mesh used to strain tea, the researchers say.

      to my edit:

      more NMPs were filtered from hard water than soft, because the limescale in hard water naturally accumulates on NMPs, making them bigger and easier to filter.

      • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        8·
        4 months ago

        ok I just found out there actually was a study link, on the caption of the 2nd picture

        most of the time these articles never even include it, but even this one could just be linked at the very top

        There was a microplastics article a year ago which warned people not to drink rainwater due to the microplastics in the air (made no mention of how that compares to natural MP concentration in tap water)