SIZE MATTERS: Microplastics show up in Kruger Park river creatures
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Tony Carnie
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Daily MaverickSIZE MATTERS: Microplastics show up in Kruger Park river creaturesdailymaverick.co.zaDebates on plastic pollution have raged for decades, focused mainly on the visible pieces fouling the land and sea. But there is far less public attention on the tiny break-down particles of plastic that are building up in rivers, lakes and soil across South Africa.
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