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Environment: Plastic pollution found in mountain lakes

Lake Garda, Italy. Photo courtesy NASA. Toxic materials a concern for freshwater ecosystems By Summit Voice FRISCO — By now, everyone has heard about the giant ocean eddies of plastic debris — the...

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Environment: Microplastic pollution gets inside crabs via gills

This image depicts polystyrene microspheres inside the gills of a shore crab. Image by Andrew Watts, University of Exeter, UK. Is there a risk higher up the food chain? By Bob Berwyn * Read more Summit...

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Environment: “Microplastics are everywhere’

The five major ocean gyres. Plastic waste infiltrating many ocean ecosystems Staff Report FRISCO — Plastic pollution is far more widespread and prevalent in all the world’s oceans than more previously...

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Rhine River plastic pollution is the highest measured

3.9 million plastic items per square kilometer … A sample from the Rhine near Duisburg shows the variety of plastic pollution found in the water. Photo courtesy University of Basel. Staff Report Given...

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USGS study tracks Great Lakes microplastic pollution

A new USGS study has documented widespread plastic pollution in many of the Great Lakes tributary rivers. New website highlights the widespread problem of plastic debris Staff Report Microplastic...

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