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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    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.

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      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.