Meet the High School Student Who Built a Water Filter That Can Remove 95% of Microplastics

A high school student invented a cost-effective filter removing 95% of microplastics from drinking water. The reusable, ...

High School Student, 18, Invents Water Filter That Eliminate 95.5% of Microplastics

Mia Heller of Virginia said she got the idea after learning that government agencies were not funding filtration programs ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water

Microplastics pose a growing global concern as they infiltrate not just the environment but also humans and animals. Joker / Alexander Stein / ullstein bild via Getty Images A few years ago, teenager ...
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High school student develops membrane-free filter that removes most microplastics from water

The big picture: Virginia high school student Mia Heller has built a working water filter that strips out nearly all microplastics from drinking water without using a traditional membrane – and then ...