Meet Isabella Garry, the Eden Prairie seventh-grader who tested plant-based gels in simulated stomach fluid and found psyllium could remove up to 93.3% of microplastics within 60 minutes
- Isabella GarryPhoto: Society for ScienceWhen Isabella Garry learned that microplastics can enter the human body through food, water and the air, she began looking for a solution that went beyond simply avoiding plastic.
- The seventh-grader from Central Middle School in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, tested natural plant compounds in a laboratory-made stomach environment to see whether they could capture and remove microplastics.
- According to her profile published by the Society for Science, Isabella found that okra, fenugreek and psyllium mucilages all removed microplastics from simulated gastric flu
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- Isabella GarryPhoto: Society for ScienceWhen Isabella Garry learned that microplastics can enter the human body through food, water and the air, she began looking for a solution that went beyond simply avoiding plastic.
- The seventh-grader from Central Middle School in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, tested natural plant compounds in a laboratory-made stomach environment to see whether they could capture and remove microplastics.
- According to her profile published by the Society for Science, Isabella found that okra, fenugreek and psyllium mucilages all removed microplastics from simulated gastric flu
Sources: Times of India