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Living Planet: It's snowing microplastics

Source
Deutsche Welle

Publication Date
2019-10-24

If synthetic clothing gives off microplastics when we wash it, how far do these tiny particles travel after leaving our homes? Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute found some surprising answers to where these plastic bits end up and how they get there.

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https://www.dw.com/en/living-planet-its-snowing-microplastics/av-50966237