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What are nanoplastics? An engineer explains concerns about particles too small to see

  • Written by Mohan Qin, Assistant Professor oif Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageYou can't see them, but there likely are nanoplastics in this Mediterranean seawater.Lisa Schaetzle, Moment, via Getty Images

It’s become common to read that microplastics – little bits of plastic, smaller than a pencil eraser – are turning up everywhere and in everything, including the ocean, farmland, food and human bodies. Now...

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