Sentences with phrase «microplastic contamination»

In another study, 93 % of water samples from major bottled water suppliers from around the world showed signs of microplastic contamination, including polypropylene, nylon, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

The highest levels of microplastic contamination were found in the United States, where 94 percent of the samples were contaminated.

While the impact of microplastic contamination is unclear, it's yet another sign of how far our pollution of the planet is going.

Microplastic contamination may also spread from organism to organism when prey is eaten by predators.

Not exact matches

This data is necessary to be able to respond effectively to contamination by microplastics and the risk they pose to terrestrial ecosystems — where, after all, most plastic waste that enters the environment accumulates.

Scientists have already been found the particles, known as microplastic, floating in the oceans but recently reported the same contamination in the largest surface freshwater system on the Earth.

We know very little about how the environmental conditions in the Arctic may affect the degradation of plastic to microplastics, and how vulnerable Arctic species are to this type of contamination.

The Arctic Ocean faces possible near - permanent contamination as scientists collected record high of microplastics.

Experts are concerned that the concentration of microplastics in the Arctic Ocean poses near - permanent contamination.