Sentences with phrase «microplastics enter»
The ways microplastics enter our water supply are surprising.
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«Microplastics entering ocean food web through zooplankton, researchers find.»
The IJC recommends that the Parties develop a binational plan to prevent microplastics entering the Great Lakes.
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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.
But what about the plastic that enters the water already in a tiny form, a microplastic even before it's reached the sea?
«These microplastics absorb pollutants, are eaten by organisms, and enter the food chain, potentially affecting human health.»
«Plastic particles smaller than 5 mm pose a massive environmental and human health risk when they enter our waterways,» said Abby Barrows, a marine research scientist with Adventure Scientists and College of the Atlantic, who is featured in the film and has analyzed thousands of water samples from around the world for microplastics.
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