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That's a really good point. I'm definitely in favor of processing, just picky about the end results. Removing microplastics sounds like a great process. Impr
by mitchtbaum 9y ago
That's a really good point. I'm definitely in favor of processing, just picky about the end results. Removing microplastics sounds like a great process. Improvements like this to salt farming could have huge benefits.
- ch4s3 9y ago> Removing microplastics How do you propose to remove grains of plastic the size of salt crystals from the salt? And once done is it affordable or commercially viable?
- mitchtbaum 9y agoValidation of density separation for the rapid recovery of microplastics from sediment ? http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ay/c6ay02542k/unauth#!divAbstract http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ay/c6ay02...
- mitchtbaum 9y agoAlso: The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries (nature.com) 253 days ago 223 points 56 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14073368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14073368
- ch4s3 9y agoas the discussion on the article mentions particles > 1mm are still pretty large.