ITV: TONIGHT: Plastic: The Unseen Truth - Tonight

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The harm caused to sea life because of single-use plastics ending up clogging the oceans is well documented. But what about the unseen microplastics? A team from the Department of Geography at The University of Manchester has been studying the main supplier of microplastics in the oceans and found river systems are one of the main vectors for seafood contamination. It is commonly known that rivers in southeast Asia are heavily polluted with microplastics but, the River Tame showed surprising results.

Period24 Oct 2019

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  • TitlePlastic: The Unseen Truth - Tonight
    Media name/outletITV
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date24/10/19
    DescriptionThe harm caused to sea life because of single-use plastics ending up clogging the oceans is well documented. But what about the unseen microplastics? A team from the Department of Geography at The University of Manchester has been studying the main supplier of microplastics in the oceans and found river systems are one of the main vectors for seafood contamination. It is commonly known that rivers in southeast Asia are heavily polluted with microplastics but, the River Tame showed surprising results.
    URLhttps://www.itv.com/news/2019-10-24/plastic-the-unseen-truth-tonight/
    PersonsJamie Woodward
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  • plastic pollution