Paint: The Big Source of Ocean Microplastics You Didn’t Know About

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By World Economic ForumSep 8, 2020, 10:37 am1.5k ptsInteresting
By Declan McAdams and Tore Angelskår Until recently, microplastics that enter the ocean from paint have not received a lot of attention. There has been very little focus on the fact that unless paint residuals are collected during surface preparation and the maintenance process, they will largely end up in the…

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