New project aims to develop standardized methodology to analyze microplastics
The goal is to monitor their presence in the different stages of industrial processes. May 19, 2021 Canadian Plastics
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When it comes to plastic pollution, microplastics – plastic fragments of 5 mm or less in size – are particularly problematic. In 2015, oceanographers estimated there were between 15 trillion and 51 trillion microplastic particles floating in surface waters worldwide, and microplastics can also shear off from car tires on roads and as synthetic microfibres shed from clothing. The particles blow around between sea and land, so people might be inhaling or eating plastic from any source.