EcoMyths: The threat of microplastics

EcoMyths: The threat of microplastics
EcoMyths: The threat of microplastics

EcoMyths: The threat of microplastics

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Plastic makes up 90% of the trash picked up in Trash Free Seas (TFS) ocean cleanups, according to research by Ocean Conservancy. And experts says that microplastics - pieces of plastic smaller than 5 milimeters (just under a fifth of an inch) - are just as dangerous as those 2-liter bottles you might see floating in Lake Michigan or the “Great Pacific garbage patch”. Kate Sackman, of EcoMyths Alliance, will help us find out why these microfibers are a big hazard from Allison Schutes, manager of the TFS Program at Ocean Conservancy and Olga Lyandres, research manager at Alliance for the Great Lakes. PHOTO: Courtesy of Olga Lyandres