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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Disturbing that micro plastics evaporate!

So if we just boil the ocean...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It doesn’t. Please read the article.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

The oil industry is doing all they can!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Well, not boiling, but we do heat it up

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It bonds with calcium but then they don't say why it's not an issue anymore. Does it become a super stable particle? I don't fully get it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

They say filter out the calcium