ENVIRONMENT | Discoveries
Plastic trash washing up on the remotest islands and accumulating on sea floors is, unfortunately, nothing new, but British researchers have found that even microscopic plastic fibers and fragments are contaminating ocean waters and sediments. In the May 7 Science, Richard Thompson of the UK's University of Plymouth and colleagues report sampling sediments collected from beaches and estuaries in the ... (Full Article: 189 Words)
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