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Boiling tap water can remove 90 percent of microplastics(www.livescience.com)

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Chris Remington@beehaw.org
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Probably for a very long time…we live in a very remote area…in the wilderness of Maine…our county has never allowed commercial development…the only things here are camps/cabins/homes.

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Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz
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But what about the counties upstream of you?

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Chris Remington@beehaw.org
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I don’t believe that’s how aquifers work.

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chaogomu@kbin.social
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Maine doesn’t really have anyone “upstream”.

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melroy@kbin.melroy.org
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No Washington, D.C. anymore?

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Chris Remington@beehaw.org
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???

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melroy@kbin.melroy.org
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ow never mind haha. I thought you lived there in the past. lol

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FunkyMonk@kbin.social
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for… now.

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QualifiedKitten@kbin.social
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I’m pretty sure microplastics have even been detected in rainwater.

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andrai@feddit.de
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There is microplastic in Antarctica. Unless your well feeds on an ancient aquifer instead of groundwater it will still be contaminated.

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