Pennsylvania's rivers and streams are full of microplastics
WHYY By Water samples on the banks of Valley Creek. (Hannah Pittel) Updated 11:50 a.m. Thursday Plastic permeates Pennsylvania’s waterways, according to a study released Wednesday by PennEnvironment’s Research & Policy Center. The environmental organization conducted a survey to study the presence of microplastics — pieces of plastic debris less than 5 millimeters long, often too tiny to be caught by water-filtration systems — in the state’s rivers, creeks, and streams. Turns out, microplastics are everywhere. Researchers took 315 samples from 53 bodies of water throughout the commo...
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