2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water

[NJCher]

10. couldn't read the article at the link

So I'll read the press release instead. The article at the link makes you register and until you do that, you have this big popup blocking the story. Thanks for mentioning the press release.

Here's what I've done about microplastics since it became known as a problem. First, years ago I posted a number of articles on how certain tea bags have microplastics in them, so I urged everyone to use tea bags made with another method. If you have some with microplastics as part of their production, then just open the tea bag and boil it as loose tea. Thanks to IrisBlue for that suggestion.

For water, I filter through a Brita filter. Then I boil it, because there was an article here saying how boiling the water gets rid of around 90% or more of the microplastics. I don't think my filter gets rid of the microplastics, so until I can get the kind of filter mentioned above, I'll continue with this.

I even use the boiled water for my ice cubes, which I make instead of letting the machine make it.

Can't wait until this process/design in the OP is ready for the marketplace.