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  2. Marine plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    The results indicate that when fin whales search for food to eat on the surface level of the ocean, they often accidentally consume microplastics. These microplastics have many toxins and chemicals that could harm the fin whale if they consume them as these toxins are then stored in the tissues of the fin whale for long periods of time. [219]

  3. Microplastics are in many of your body’s organs and tissues ...

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    Microplastics are everywhere—from the ocean to our bloodstream—raising urgent questions about their impact on human health. Here are 5 tips to reduce your exposure. Microplastics are in many ...

  4. An expert in how microplastics affect our health does 6 ... - AOL

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    Not only do microplastics harm marine ecosystems, they damage associated economies. An estimated $500 to $2,500 billion is lost annually because of how marine microplastics impact industries ...

  5. Microplastics: The tiny threat and why recycling is not the ...

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    And eventually, they become microplastics,” said McKinney. “They’re in the air, they’re in the water, they’re in the soil. The main concern is, if you have enough of it, it can cause ...

  6. Plastic degradation by marine bacteria - Wikipedia

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    A bacterium found in the North Sea colonizing PET bottles. [30] [32] Rivularia: PP, PE [31] Found degrading PP and PE microplastics in the North Atlantic. [31] [32] Stanieria: PET [33] A cyanobacteria that was found to be abundant on PET across stations in the summer season in the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Bristol ...

  7. Marine debris - Wikipedia

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    For example, microplastics can be found on sandy beaches [21] and surface waters [22] as well as in the water column and deep sea sediment. Microplastics are also found within the many other types of marine particles such as dead biological material (tissue and shells) and some soil particles (blown in by wind and carried to the ocean by rivers).

  8. Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us? - AOL

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    Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. Dr. Marya Zlatnik, a San Francisco-based obstetrician who has studied environmental toxins and pregnancy, has seen ...

  9. North Atlantic garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. Large floating field of debris in the North Atlantic Ocean The North Atlantic Gyre is one of five major ocean gyres. The North Atlantic garbage patch is a garbage patch of man-made marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre, originally documented in 1972. A 22-year ...