differentiate microplastics from larger plastic waste, such as plastic bottles or bigger pieces of plastics. Two classifications of microplastics are currently...
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Microplastics effects on human health are a subject of growing concern and an area of research. The tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have...
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Plastic (section Microplastics)
presence of plastics, particularly microplastics, within the food chain is increasing. In the 1960s microplastics were observed in the guts of seabirds...
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Great Lakes (redirect from Microplastics in the Great Lakes)
Plastics in the water break up into very small particles known as microplastics. Microplastics can also come from synthetic clothing washed down our drains...
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Marine plastic pollution (section Microplastics)
11 000 bits of microplastics per year. Even very minute microplastics have been discovered in human blood. The extent of microplastic pollution in the...
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smaller and smaller pieces over time. Microplastics are particles that are smaller than 5 mm in size. Microplastics are observable in air, water, and soil...
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Lehtiniemi, Maiju; Coppock, Rachel; Cole, Matthew (2018), "Microplastics in Marine Food Webs", Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments, Elsevier, pp...
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Coast (section Microplastics)
regarding plastic pollution in the marine ecosystem is the use of microplastics. Microplastics are beads of plastic less than 5 millimeters wide, and they are...
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Microbead (redirect from Microplastic beads)
ban microplastics in some cosmetics products". Retrieved 16 March 2018. "Green News Ireland is under construction". "Italy to ban microplastics used...
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primary conduits for microplastics from land to sea. Synthetic fabrics, tyres, and city dust are the most common sources of microplastics. These three sources...
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