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A fish-gill filter strips 99.6% of microplastics

development2026-01-05

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German researchers built a bio-inspired fish-gill filter that removes 99.6% of microplastics from washing machine effluent.

Reported metric: 99.6%

Reporting date: 2026-01-05 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Uplifting the rest of the biosphere

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Welcome to January 5, 2026

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A fish-gill filter strips 99.6% of microplastics
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Reporting date: 2026-01-05
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-05-fish-gill-microplastic-filter
Claim: German researchers built a bio-inspired fish-gill filter that removes 99.6% of microplastics from washing machine effluent.
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- Welcome to January 5, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-5-2026
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