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‘Lost’ 99% of ocean microplastics to be identified with dye?

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Gears of Biz

Publication Date
2017-11-24

New research, led by Gabriel Erni-Cassola and Dr. Joseph A. Christie-Oleza from Warwick’s School of Life Sciences, has established a pioneering way to detect the smaller fraction of microplastics – many as small as 20 micrometres (comparable to the width of a human hair or wool fibre) – using a fluorescent dye.

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http://gearsofbiz.com/lost-99-of-ocean-microplastics-to-be-identified-with-dye/221019