A farmer spreads fertilizer on a grain field near Berlin, Germany. Wolfgang Kumm / picture alliance via Getty Images
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Microplastics are tiny plastic particles from textiles and other sources that have broken down into smaller and smaller pieces until they are less than five millimeters in length. They have been found all over the world, from sediments in the deep ocean to Arctic snow.
Scientists have found that microplastics are being released though natural fertilizers from treated sewage sludge deposited onto agricultural fields, as more plastic particles get picked up by the wind than was previously believed, a press release from the American Chemical Society…
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