The high school student whose filter uses magnetic oil to trap microplastics
The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News [Unofficial]
March 30, 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The story starts with a newspaper article and a neighborhood that wasn’t getting help. A few years ago, Mia Heller came across a report about water quality in her community in Warrington, Virginia. Tests had found the local water was heavily contaminated with PFAS and microplastics. Government funds to […]
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