{"id":82375,"date":"2026-04-23T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82375"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:41:18","slug":"miracle-tree-removes-98-of-microplastics-from-drinking-water-outperforming-chemical-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/miracle-tree-removes-98-of-microplastics-from-drinking-water-outperforming-chemical-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Miracle Tree\u2019 Removes 98% Of Microplastics From Drinking Water, Outperforming Chemical Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>euronews<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>A millenia-old purification technique could be the cure for Europe\u2019s microplastic-riddled drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsomega.5c11569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>recent study<\/strong><\/a>, seeds from the \u2018miracle\u2019 moringa tree were found to match or outperform their chemical counterpart in filtering out aged PVC microplastics \u2013 one of the most harmful plastic types for human health. The findings could pave the way for a greener alternative for treatment plants. The use of moringa for purification is as old as it is innovative: it is thought to have been used by Ancient Egyptians to remove bacteria and reduce turbidity of water.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1776933678\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"\u2018Miracle Tree\u2019 Removes 98% Of Microplastics From Drinking Water, Outperforming Chemical Alternatives\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From euronews: A millenia-old purification technique could be the cure for Europe\u2019s microplastic-riddled drinking water. In a\u00a0recent study, seeds from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82376,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82375\/revisions\/82376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}