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Linkbait headline. 0.00394 inches = 1 trillion per cubic meter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbeads#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbeads#
by 001sky 12y ago
Linkbait headline.
0.00394 inches = 1 trillion per cubic meter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbeads#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbeads#Controversy
It is still a huge environmental problem
But then we continue:
"Rayon was the most common synthetic material discovered -- 54%. Though rayon is not a plastic (it's made from wood), the authors included it"
Only to later find this is all about global warming (?)
"Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice"
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014EF000240/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014EF000240/abst...