‘It’s Raining Plastic’: Researchers Find Microscopic Fibers in Colorado Rain Samples

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By Circle of BlueMay 23, 2019, 9:26 am82 pts
By Brett Walton When Greg Wetherbee sat in front of the microscope recently, he was looking for fragments of metals or coal, particles that might indicate the source of airborne nitrogen pollution in Rocky Mountain National Park. What caught his eye, though, were the plastics. None The U.S. Geological Survey…

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