Car tyres a likely source of microplastics in coastal waters


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Driving is not just an air pollution and climate change problem: Turns out, it just might be the largest contributor of microplastics in coastal waters. — Jorgensen/Bildagentur-online/dpa

Driving is not just an air pollution and climate change problem: turns out, it just might be the largest contributor of microplastics in coastal waters.

That is one of many new findings from the most comprehensive study to date on microplastics in the US state of California.

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