Microplastic Pollution Discovered in St. Lawrence River Sediments
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 13:30
in Earth & Climate
A team of researchers from McGill University and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads,' less than 2 mm in diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments.