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Small Plastic Particles or Microplastics Pass Toxic Chemicals to Marine Life

November 6, 2008 by admin  
Filed under Environmental Health

I’ve blogged before about the impacts of plastic on our oceans.  My pet peeve – microplastic beads in beauty products designed to be washed down the drain and into our oceans since they are too small to be removed by sewage treatment plants.  Plastic that makes its way into our oceans breaks up into smaller [...]