nanoplastics

Kimchi-derived probiotic shows promise for binding and removing nanoplastics

A research team at The World Institute of Kimchi investigated the adsorption capacity of a kimchi-derived lactic acid bacterium, Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656, against polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs). The study was published in the journal Bioresource Technology. Under standard laboratory conditions, strain CBA3656 showed a high adsorption efficiency of 87%, comparable to that of the reference strain …

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New Technique Removes More Than 98% of Nanoplastics From Water.

No one yet knows what threat plastic pollution poses to human health, but the recent realization that we are drinking invisible fragments of plastic along with our water is making many understandably uneasy. To stop microplastics and nanoplastics from penetrating deep into our bodies and brains, researchers at the University of Missouri have come up …

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