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Gangdong's ice pack reuse program receives positive response from residents Posted : 2020-12-29 09:25 By Bahk Eun-ji Many people have been using delivery services instead of shopping outside due to the prolonged pandemic, and the surge in demand for parcel deliveries has inevitably pushed up the use of cold packs. A collection box for cold packs set up at Gangdong District Office in Seoul / Courtesy of Gangdong District OfficeThese cold packs are filled with super-absorbent polymers, a type of micro-plastic, and have sparked concerns over environmental and health risks, as the substances ...

From things like water bottles, flip-flops, clothing that can be micro beads. the team took samples from six locations around lake tahoe with varying amounts of human activity and boat access. using finals and tubing, they separated the sediment from the plastic and they say the discovery is significant because there's been a lot of work done to under how much micro plastic is in marine environments but there's fewer studies in freshwater and far fewer in alpine lakes and tahoe, of course, is among the cleanest alpine lakes in the entire country. >> shepard: have they indicated how serious thi...

Particles in bottled water and to some extent also tap water so that posed a potentially major health threat ended up gauge you had to look into it now they've come back in year later and they've said ok we've we've we've done the science we've looked at it and to the best of our of our understanding and knowledge it doesn't pose a major threat to human health most of it does pass through the digestive tract but we definitely need to do more work exactly the forceful urgent recession what in what direction will this research be going and what they're trying to establish a lot of it is about st...

Have seen a lot of plastics because they get in the sargasso. >> the results of the study are alarming. in it's samples, they found similar or greater microplastic to what they found in the pacific garbage patch last year. >> we have to change our consumption and the way we do things. >> you have a son? >> yes. >> when you see the way things are now, are you worried about his future? >> yes. i am, a lot. because i think with climate change, what are we giving them? it's insane. >> reporter: being out this far from land, you can't help but be struck by how interconnected our world is and how de...

>> you can see quite a bit of plastic already when it's in here, it's been fairly common? >> yes, most of the samples have been -- we have seen plastics because they -- >> the initial results of the study are alarming. greenpeace found greater concentrations of micro plastic to what they found in the notorious great pacific garbage patch last year. >> when you see the way things are now, are you worried abo about -- it's insane. >> you can't help but be struck