A summary of an article titled Microplastics are raining down from the sky published by National Geographic on April 15th 2019: Microplastics are not only present in the oceans, they are now found in the atmosphere. Scientists have detected microplastics falling from the sky at a pristine, remote part of the Pyrenees Mountains. Two previous studies have found microplastics present in city air. The scientists do not know where these airborne microplastics come from. Scientists also do not know the health effects of airborne microplastics which can be inhaled or ingested. More ominous, microplastics could be breaking down into nanoplastics. Currently, there is no easy way to detect nanoplastics. Nanoplastics could be more nasty...
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