Invisible plastic particles in seawater damaging to sea animals
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The presence of 'plastic soup' in the oceans is regarded as a big problem. Tiny plastic particles enter the sea when plastic debris decomposes. Such particles are probably also released from cosmetics and from clothes in the wash, subsequently entering the sewage system and surface waters and eventually reaching the sea.