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		thenoblesquid on Sept 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 94% of Tap Water in the U.S. Is Contaminated by Mi... Do standard water filters (like Brita) have any ability to filter out microplastics or are they too micro?

Havoc on Sept 15, 2022 [–]

Not to my knowledge no

They also make no claims that it does & if it did I'd imagine their marketing dept would be all over that

Definitely noticed tangible changes on limescale levels though, so it does seem to filter that well

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