Examples of using Microplastic in English and their translations into Chinese
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In some beaches in Hawaii, almost 15% of the sand is actually microplastic.
Identifying microplastic particles up to a size of five millimetres is currently very laborious and time-consuming.
Sewage treatment plants are not currently capable of trapping microplastic because the pieces are too small.
Most of the microplastic particles the researchers discovered were highly weathered, suggesting they had been in the environment for months or years.
A new study from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria and the Environment Agency Austria has investigated microplastic infiltration into the human body.
This latest study shows that particle transportation on the wind is a key factor in global microplastic contamination.
It is disconcerting that we have found microplastic in the gut of every single animal we have investigated in this study.".
A study in 2016 showed a single clothes wash could release 700,000 microplastic fibres.
In fact, a review was done on the 320 studies that do exist on microplastic impacts and found significant knowledge gaps in the scientific understanding.
A 2016 paper concluded that a single cycle of a washing machine could release more than 700,000 microplastic fibers into the environment.
These results show that even the most remote habitats of the Antarctic are contaminated with microplastic waste and persistent hazardous chemicals.
What is known: aquatic organisms and other species, including humans, can absorb microplastic particles.”.
Compared to water from a pipe, for instance, the authors found bottled water contained 90 more microplastic particles per litre.
A 2016 report from the European Food Safety Authority said the vast majority of consumed microplastic particles likely pass safely through the body.
The team analysed sediments in 10 rivers within about 20km of Manchester and all, but one of the 40 sites showed microplastic contamination.
A scientific review of 52 studies recently concluded that humans on average consume a credit card's worth of microplastic each week.
Recent studies show that over 90% of bottled water and even 83% of tap water contain microplastic particles.
A study in 2016 showed a single clothes wash could release 700,000 microplastic fibres.
Studies have shown that on average, each adult eats 2,000 microplastic granules a year because of salt.
But when we wash our polyester clothes, thousands of microplastic fibers are washed into the waterways.