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7,000 Microplastics Studies Show We Have One Really Big Problem(www.sciencealert.com)

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Jack@lemmy.ca
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Biggest sources:

  • 7.6 Mt from macro plastics breaking down
  • 1.3 Mt from paint
  • 1.0 Mt from tyres

10-40 Mt released into environment/year, and increasing.

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Delusional@lemmy.world
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I’m kinda surprised that more comes from paint than tires.

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ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world
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I think it depends on measure, if im not mistaken, by weight arohnd 50% of microplastics are tire dust.

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CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world
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Also depends on where you’re measuring. They make up a ton of the plastics in stormwater runoff for example. Sometimes up to 95% from what I found. And that stormwater often ends up in our drinking water.

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