The most common type detected was polyethylene, a material widely used in everyday packaging. Transmission electron microscopy revealed clusters of sharp plastic shards smaller than viruses — tiny ...

Spring is in the air, and so is the plastic. I see it tangled in the red buds of the blossoming maple trees. It is flapping helplessly in the high tree tops, shredded like an old scarf that is ...

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