Microplastics
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microplastics-181-2627745
title:
Microplastics
text:
Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European Chemicals Agency. They cause pollution by entering natural ecosystems from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing, food packaging, and industrial processes. The term macroplastics is used to differentiate microplastics from larger plastic waste, such as plastic bottles or bigger pieces of plastics. Two cl
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extremely small fragments of plastic
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics
date created:
2010-05-07T07:46:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T20:10:03Z
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