Are Brita and similar filtering systems getting rid of the microplastics? I use it at home for the tap water bleach taste but I’m not sure if it has other benefits (or issues!)
plastics also photodegrade (instead of biodegrade), so putting that bad boy in direct sun may not only help grow algae (I'm on well water and filtering won't stop that) in there but also break the plastic down into your water.
if you're serious about filtering look into in-line reverse osmosis systems.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8563659/#:~:tex....
Once it gets down to a certain size, micro-plastic won't be filtered.
So basically, and for clarity, my understanding is that microplastics get down to 1 μm, which is like .001mm and the standard Brita does something down to .005mm, so it can’t catch the smallest microplastics, but I assume it will help.