The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South.
source https://phys.org/news/2024-09-world-million-tons-plastic-pollution.html
Monday, 9 September 2024
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