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2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water
Two 17-year-olds created the first device to successfully filter microplastics from water using ultrasonic sound waves and won $50,000 for their work.
The Texas duo received first place in their Google-sponsored category, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and they also snagged the $50,000 prize from the Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes for Future Generations. Society for Science/Lisa Fryklund Though the ultrasonic technique is in its very early stages, the high schoolers hope that one day it could filter the plastic out of your drinking water and from the industrial and wastewater that humans dump into the environment. While it's unclear how microplastics affect human health, many common chemicals in plastic have been linked to increased risk of cancer, fertility and development issues, and hormone disruption.
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