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A study from Guangzhou University found that boiling water first can remove between a quarter and 90% of all microplastics in tap water.
Even in soft water, roughly a quarter of the plastic was snagged from the water.
It's believed that, even as you read this news story, there is around 7 credit cards worth of plastic circulating in your body.
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