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Day: 13/12/2022

Microplastic pollution swirling in city air: Millions of plastic bottles per year

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Researchers calculated that 74 metric tons of microplastics are dropping out of the atmosphere onto the city annually, the equivalent of more than 3 million plastic bottles falling from the sky. Read more

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