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But they are all mixed together, like sand, that's why they don't separate the specific type of plastic but use a generic "microplastics”
by giuliomagnifico 2y ago
But they are all mixed together, like sand, that's why they don't separate the specific type of plastic but use a generic "microplastics”
- nahlies 2y ago“Mixed together like sand” ?
- collingreen 2y agoSand is a bunch of tiny bits of a variety of things - we usually don't say micro-silica, micro-quartz, micro-etc and just bundle it together and describe the group as sand (unless explicitly trying to talk about an individual piece).
- more-nitor 2y ago...and wouldn't that actually be problematic in health-related research? I mean, it seems like saying copper/iron/titanium/lead are all "metal"