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Jun 2, 2023

‘They’re everywhere’: microplastics in oceans, air and human body

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Year 2022 o.o!!!


From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies—with uncertain implications.

Images of plastic pollution have become familiar: a turtle suffocated by a shopping bag, washed up on beaches, or the monstrous “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” of floating detritus.

Millions of tonnes of plastic produced every year, largely from , make their way into the environment and degrade into smaller and .

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