Researchers discover why plastic sheds dangerous fragments

ScienceDaily
Apr 7, 2025, 5:29 pm141 pts
The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them almost everywhere they've looked, from Antarctic snow to human blood. In a new study, scientists have delineated…

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