Invisible plastic is found in clouds, rain, oceans, food — and even in your body. Our generator turns air into safe, clean water, free from micro- and nanoplastics
Every year, over 400 million tons of plastic are produced. Waves, sunlight, and wind break it into microscopic particles — microplastics and nanoplastics — that now contaminate our oceans, rivers, rain, food, and even blood. These particles are linked to DNA damage, hormonal disruption, cancer, neurodegeneration, infertility, and premature aging.
But nanoplastic pollution doesn’t only threaten human health — it also accelerates climate change. Nanoplastics disturb the ocean's ability to regulate temperature by altering water chemistry and trapping heat. They contribute to ocean acidification, disrupt plankton and carbon cycling, and influence cloud formation by acting as condensation nuclei in the atmosphere. As a result, they reduce the Earth's natural cooling systems and intensify extreme weather patterns.
Learn more about the devastating impact of nanoplastics on our lives from this groundbreaking report
While Atmospheric Water Generators (AWGs) were once considered a promising solution for providing clean water and even for addressing environmental plastic pollution, recent scientific understanding indicates that their widespread adoption is no longer considered a viable solution for the global nanoplastics crisis and, in fact, now poses a significant danger.
Initially, over 20 years ago, AWGs were seen as a potential means to purify oceans and the atmosphere, particularly when atmospheric microplastic concentrations were very low. The technology promised to filter pollutants, including microplastics, from the air to produce drinking water.
However, the situation has dramatically changed. Due to the current high and exponentially increasing concentration of nanoplastics in the atmosphere and oceans, large-scale AWG deployment could have severe negative consequences for human health.
The mechanism of this new danger is as follows:
• AWGs collect moisture from the atmosphere.
• This atmospheric moisture is continuously replenished by evaporation from ocean waters, which are now heavily permeated with micro and nanoplastics.
• As moisture containing these tiny plastic particles evaporates from the ocean and enters the atmosphere, AWGs, by drawing this air, contribute to a cycle that can significantly increase the concentration of nanoplastics in the air we breathe, especially in areas where these technologies are widely applied, including large cities.
• This increased atmospheric nanoplastic concentration is critical because inhalation is identified as the most dangerous route for nanoplastics to enter the human body, leading to their accumulation in the brain and causing severe health issues such as neurodegeneration, cognitive impairments, and other systemic problems.
• Therefore, the large-scale application of AWGs now risks accelerating the destruction of the biosphere and human health.
The scientific community now states that AWGs are "no longer the technology of the future, but merely a bitter reminder of a missed opportunity". The focus for addressing the nanoplastics crisis has shifted to a different fundamental approach.
The current understanding emphasizes that the primary danger of micro and nanoplastics lies in their unique ability to accumulate and retain an electrostatic charge. This charge allows them to penetrate biological barriers, interfere with cellular functions, and suppress the immune system.
The most logical and effective first step is the development of methods to neutralize or shield this electrostatic charge of nanoplastics. This approach is estimated to reduce the potential danger of micro and nanoplastics by at least 50%, buying crucial time for further comprehensive strategies to diagnose, prevent, and remove nanoplastics from human bodies and the biosphere.
This involves:
• Developing technologies to alter the electrostatic properties of nanoplastics, reducing their ability to harm cells and interfere with biological processes.
• Subsequently, researching safe methods for removing these neutralized particles from living organisms and ecosystems.
This is the urgent challenge humanity faces: to find and implement solutions that can address the fundamental harmful properties of nanoplastics, rather than inadvertently exacerbating the problem through methods like the widespread use of AWGs in the current contaminated environment