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    MICROPLASTICS: ARE THEY HARMING ME, AND CAN I DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

    Jun 02, 2021 3 minutes
    by DR STEPHANIE WRIGHT

    SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEADLINES

    Microplastics | Climate crisis | BMI

    “Up to 1.5 million microfibres can be released per kilo of clothing during a wash. Even opening a plastic bottle or plastic packet can create thousands of microplastics”

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    WHAT ARE MICROPLASTICS?

    Plastic is a solid, synthetic material made from oil and gas, or renewable organic material from plants. It is the third most abundant material

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