University of Missouri college of engineering researchers have designed a water filter for keeping out microplastics and lead from tap water resources. The team of researchers designed the filter to fit on all tap water faucets using polyvinyl alcohol fibers, a safe fabric for water filtration.
Microplastics typically go unnoticed in different tap water sources, a problem that led Maryam Salehi and her team to task themselves with designing a water filter that could trap even the smallest of contaminants. Salehi says there’s growing concerns regarding the presence of tiny microplastics in tap water, typically smaller than a fifth of an inch.
“Our drinking water treatment processes are not designed to remove microplastics. However, they can remove a large portion of microplastics, but some of those can pass through the water treatment process and end up in the tap water. So that’s why we wanted to generate a filter,” Salehi said…