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Nanoplastics Make Up Most of the Ocean’s Plastic Pollution


Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics are spread across just the top layer of the North Atlantic

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