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  2. Great Salt Plains Lake - Wikipedia

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    1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Great Salt Plains Lake is a reservoir located within the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma in the United States named because of the salt flats in the area and for the Salt Fork Arkansas River, which is dammed to form the lake. It is notable for the variety of birds ...

  3. Microplastics - Wikipedia

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    As of 2020 microplastics had been detected in freshwater systems including marshes, streams, ponds, lakes, and rivers in (Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia). [ 130 ] [ 144 ] Samples collected across 29 Great Lakes tributaries from six states in the United States were found to contain plastic particles, 98% of which were ...

  4. Carl Blackwell Lake - Wikipedia

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    Surface elevation. 944 feet (288 m) Settlements. Stillwater, Oklahoma. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Carl Blackwell [1] a/k/a Carl Blackwell Lake [2] is 8 miles (13 km) west of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Primarily a recreational area, it is almost midway between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. It was constructed in 1937. [3]

  5. 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 ...

  6. Microplastics and human health - Wikipedia

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    Microplastics effects on human health are of growing concern and an area of research. The tiny particles known as microplastics (MPs), have been found in various environmental and biological matrices, including air, water, food, and human tissues. Microplastics, defined as plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm, and even smaller particles such as ...

  7. New Study Finds A 'Scary' Amount of Microplastics in Brain ...

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    Additionally, over an 8-year period, from 2016 to 2024, the brain samples showed a 50% higher total of microplastics — which reflected a similar increase in the rate of microplastics found in ...

  8. Lake Overholser - Wikipedia

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    Lake Overholser is a reservoir within the city limits of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [a] Lake Overholser is formed by Overholser Dam on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [b] The lake is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west of Bethany [2] and 4.4 mi (7.1 km) from Yukon. Lake Overholser is named after Ed Overholser who was the 16th Mayor of ...

  9. A breakthrough gadget could help you detect microplastics in ...

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    Dr. Tianxi Yang and his team have created a small, portable device that can accurately measure microplastics in water samples within minutes. The innovative tool consists of a 3D-printed box ...