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If you rather read the research paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.4c07476

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago

publication title is "Fenugreek and Okra Polymers as Treatment Agents for the Removal of Microplastics from Water Sources" which makes it a bit better to get what they are doing. Here is a significant sentence of the abstract "The microplastic removal efficiency of polysaccharides derived from fenugreek, okra, and the combination of okra and fenugreek in the ratio of 1:1 was studied in simulated and water samples collected from various sources under bench-scale laboratory conditions. "