Nanoplastics: Small particles, big problems

Get the Full StoryNanoplastics are attracting growing concern thanks to recent technological advances that have made researchers more able to detect and analyze them.

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 a new term is gaining attention: nanoplastics. These particles are even tinier than microplastics so small that they re invisible to the naked eye.

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