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- In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics - The New York TimesScientists have found 10,000 times more microplastics on the seafloor than in contaminated surface waters. Marine snow, one of the primary pathways connecting the surface and the deep, appears to ...
- Microplastics have moved into virtually every crevice on EarthThe microplastic cycle “In order to understand how to mitigate plastic pollution, we have to know the flux,” says Chelsea Rochman, a marine ecologist at the University of Toronto.
- Microplastics may spread to the brain, other organs, study suggestsAfter microplastic exposure, they also found that specific metabolic changes occurred in the colon, liver, and brain. These changes depended on how much exposure the mice received and what type of ...
- What are microplastics? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceStandardized field methods for collecting sediment, sand, and surface-water microplastic samples have been developed and continue to undergo testing. Eventually, field and laboratory protocols will allow for global comparisons of the amount of microplastics released into the environment, which is the first step in determining the final ...
- Microplastics - ECHAThese small pieces (typically smaller than 5mm) are called microplastics and they are of concern. Microplastics are solid plastic particles composed of mixtures of polymers and functional additives. They may also contain residual impurities. Microplastics can be unintentionally formed when larger pieces of plastic, like car tyres or synthetic ...
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