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[โ€“] Inflo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not sure that's correct, but 5 mm being the upper cap doesn't mean they're that long.

I guess the author has just googled "define microplastics"... but when we think about microplastics in our drinking water we're not thinking about 5mm pieces of plastic.

A consumer grade filter will remove things larger than 0.0005mm.