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Microplastics Equivalent Of 3 Million Plastic Bottles Fall From Sky In Auckland Every Year

Microplastics Equivalent Of 3 Million Plastic Bottles Fall From Sky In Auckland Every Year

Great Game India, December 15, 2022 Microplastics equivalent of 3 million plastic bottles fall from sky in Auckland every year. The University of Auckland investigation found that polyethylene (PE) was the main substance found, followed by polycarbonate (PC) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Researchers discovered 74 metric tonnes of microplastics in Auckland’s atmosphere, the equivalent of three million plastic bottles per year. The University of Auckland study (read below), published in Environmental Science & Technology, discovered that the microplastics were so minuscule that they…

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Could you be breathing in microplastics that come from above?

Could you be breathing in microplastics that come from above?

I received some photos from a German friend living in New Zealand taken by her brother in Germany. The following are the (somewhat edited) comments. Below are the photos my brother took last weekend while cycling. He said the fibres where everywhere, blowing in the breeze and visible in the sunlight, and later stuck all over his cycling jersey. You can see what that looks like here on the Wetteradler site https://wetteradler.de/polymerfasern. Paul has put out a call to “Wetteradler” and to…

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