What scientists have learned from 20 years of microplastics research

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By Joseph WintersSep 20, 2024, 4:15 am198 pts
Twenty years ago, a team of U.K. scientists sounded the alarm on a then-underappreciated problem: the breakdown of plastic litter into small, even microscopic, fragments. While many previous reports had documented the buildup of plastic bottles and bags in the natural environment, much less attention had been…

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