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New research reveals disposable plastic water bottles may contain hundreds of thousands of potentially harmful micro- and nanoplastic particles.

Pollution can spread long distances as microplastics have reached Japan's Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama. Read more here.

A new study has revealed that these lakes are also contaminated by microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic that can harm the environment and health.

Microplastics were found in the tissues of the marine mammals. Click to read more. Microplastics are tiny particles made from whole plastics as a result of the latter being disposed, shredded, or burnt.

The level of microplastic pollution in New Zealand lakes is comparable with those in the US or Europe, despite much lower population densities, according to our global analysis of plastic pollution in freshwater lakes and reservoirs.

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