Microplastics may cause biological harm, new study finds
Researchers found that microplastics and nanoplastics can react with water to produce ‘highly reactive molecules’ A study by researchers from Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley found that microplastics and nanoplastics could cause biological harm. ‘As plastic fragments into smaller and smaller particles, its surface area increases enormously,’…
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Microplastics may cause biological harm, new study finds
Researchers found that microplastics and nanoplastics can react with water to produce ‘highly reactive molecules’ A study by researchers from Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley found that microplastics and nanoplastics could cause biological harm. ‘As plastic fragments into smaller and smaller particles, its surface area increases enormously,’ said Columbia professor of chemistry and biomedical engineering Wei Min. Check out our related reads… Then, microplastics change the water…
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