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Plastic Garbage in Oceans: Understanding Marine Pollution from Microplastic Particles
Description: Large quantities of globally produced plastics end up in the oceans where they represent a growing risk. Above all very small objects, so-called microplastic particles, are endangering the lives of the many sea creatures. An estimate of how greatly the oceans are polluted with microplastic particles has so far failed in the absence of globally comparable methods of investigation and data. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417102506.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 4/17/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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