Your weekly wash releases harmful microplastics into the sea - here's how to stop it
Scientists say fish could be dying due to the toxic chemicals these microfibres release.
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Scientists say fish could be dying due to the toxic chemicals these microfibres release.
This Tiny Fish Can Withstand Almost Anything Carrie Arnold Originating in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia, just south of the Chesapeake Bay, the Elizabeth River is turbid and brackish, its banks redolent with the nose-wrinkling stench of rotting vegetation. These muddy, pungent waters support an array of life—oak and maple trees, herons, otters, and oysters. But the Elizabeth empties into the massive Norfolk Harbor, making it ideal for shipping and shipbuilding; for decades, local industry spilled thousands of tons of creosote, a wood preservative made from coal tar, into...