Sponge Captures Microplastics in Water
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•Cotton-and-squid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say
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A sponge made of cotton and squid bone has absorbed about 99.9% of microplastics in water samples in China .
The filter’s production appears to be scalable, the study authors said in the journal Science Advances .
Microplastic pollution can contain any number of 16,000 plastic chemicals, and often is attached to highly toxic compounds like PFAS , bisphenol and phthalates linked to cancer.
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