NIST Study Shows Everyday Plastic Products Release Trillions of Microscopic Particles Into Water
Researchers analyzed widely used consumer products to better understand these microscopic plastics.
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Researchers analyzed widely used consumer products to better understand these microscopic plastics.
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST 2020 has been a challenging year, but we at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have worked as hard as we can to fulfill our mission for the American people: to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. Since the beginning of the pandemic, our researchers have continued to publish their work, to (virtually) meet, and, to the extent that is safely possible, to continue their experiments on NIST...