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ABC News(ERIE, Pa.) It s been over a decade since researchers began looking into microplastics in the Great Lakes.
Now, the issue is getting renewed attention amid broader concerns about the potential effects of microplastics on the human body and a possible future link to the hydro-fracking boom currently happening in the region.
Microplastics form as plastic pieces in the environment erode into smaller and smaller pieces, eventually becoming so small that they can t be seen with the naked eye, according to Sherri Mason, director of sustainability at Penn State University s Barr Campus on Lake Erie, who s spent years researching microplastics in waterways.
Unlike other types of litter, the plastic bits will take far longer to disappear.
"If you were to see a paper bag on the side of the road, it s unsightly, but within weeks it has completely, what we call, mineralized. There are organisms in the soil that can use it as a food source," Mason to ....
ABC News(ERIE, Pa.) It's been over a decade since researchers began looking into microplastics in the Great Lakes. Now, the issue is getting renewed ....
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