Plastic particles proliferate globally, spread by ocean waves and through the air

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Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2021

As bigger pieces of plastic get broken down into smaller and smaller pieces, the pollution becomes harder and harder to see - but that doesn't mean it's not there. In a new study, published Monday in the journal PNAS, scientists looked at the different ways tiny plastic particles, or microplastics, can become airborne and transported via the atmosphere at global scales, infiltrating a

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