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How one plastic bag turns into millions of microplastics: Shocking new research on ocean pollution

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...
Innovative Techs on MSN

Ocean plastic pollution: How microplastics threaten marine life and our future

Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific ...
Nature

Microplastics and Environmental Pollution

Microplastics, minute plastic particles less than 5 mm in diameter, have emerged as persistent pollutants across terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. Their ubiquity has raised significant ...
Los Angeles Times

Plastic bag bans seem to work, at least when it comes to shoreline pollution

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...
Los Angeles Times

Plagued with pollution for decades, Tijuana River is ranked nation’s second most endangered

The Tijuana River has for decades been plagued with pollution from Mexico, fouling beaches near the U.S.-Mexico border with raw sewage. The group American Rivers has ranked the Tijuana River the ...
Popular Science

Pollution-eating microbes are thriving in infamous NYC canal

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