Researchers at University College Cork have made a major microplastics discovery that could have implications for the food chain.
Scientists have discovered that microplastics in our freshwaters are being broken down into even smaller nanoplastics by a type of freshwater invertebrate animal, and that this may happen much faster than previously estimated.
Their findings have significant consequences for the understanding of microplastics in the environment.
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