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"Seventy-eight percent of ocean microplastics are synthetic tire rubber, according to a report by the Pew Charitable Trust." How true is this? Seems like we ha
by DoingIsLearning 3y ago
"Seventy-eight percent of ocean microplastics are synthetic tire rubber, according to a report by the Pew Charitable Trust."
How true is this? Seems like we have been focusing on the wrong sources if this is true?
- sp332 3y agoA recent study shows that ocean microplatics were overestimated. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-plastic-litter-oceans-overestimated-persist.html https://phys.org/news/2023-08-plastic-litter-oceans-overesti... Most of the platic is in larger pieces. So it seems probable that focus was misplaced, yeah.
- myshpa 3y agoDepends. Those macroplastics haven't degraded yet. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64889284 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64889284 Oceans littered with 171 trillion plastic pieces The concentration of plastics in the oceans has increased from 16 trillion pieces in 2005, data suggests. It could nearly triple by 2040 if no action is taken, scientists warn. https://www.seaspiracy.org/facts https://www.seaspiracy.org/facts 150 milion tons of plastic in the sea, 1 garbage truck every minute, 46% of plastic in the pacific garbage patch is fishing nets
- ars 3y ago78% by number not by amount (mass). The tire particles are incredibly small, so there are lots of them.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoYour lungs and bloodstream are also very small and numbers matter too