Trilobites: Before You Flush Your Contact Lenses, You Might Want To Know This

VERONIQUE GREENWOOD, NY Times: Science
Sun, 08/19/2018 - 2:00am

Flushing disposable contacts down the toilet or washing them down the drain may contribute to the problem of microplastic pollution, researchers said.

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