Texas researchers proposed in 2022 using these sticky natural polymers to clean up water. Now, they’ve found that okra and/or fenugreek extracts attracted and removed up to 90% of microplastics from ocean water, freshwater, and groundwater.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/okra-and-fenugreek-extracts-safely-remove-microplastics-from-water-in-new-texas-research/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/okra-and-fenugreek-extracts-safely-remove-microplastics-from-water-in-new-texas-research/
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What happens to the plastics that these plants trap? Where do they go next?
It seems like I only hear of TX in episodes of Dateline.
Every person I know who grows okra quits harvesting about September because they -- and their entire family -- are sick of eating okra.
I can’t stand okra.. 🙄