# Cotton-and-squid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say | The Guardian

<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/10/microplastics-pollution-sponge-cotton-squid-bone>

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## What Jamie wrote

I’m wary of microplastics and I suspect we are going to learn over the next several years that they are particularly harmful for us. Great to see that there is progress being made on filtering it out.

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