Microplastic pollution discovered in St. Lawrence River sediments
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 24, 2014 - Previously undocumented in North American rivers, concentrations of microplastic particles in the St. Lawrence are as high as has been observed in the world's most contaminated marine sediments. A team of researchers from McGill University and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', 2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom ... more
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