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04 May 2021

Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful?

Scientists are rushing to study the tiny plastic specks that are in marine animals — and in us.

XiaoZhi Lim⁰

XiaoZhi Lim
1. XiaoZhi Lim is a freelance writer in Medfield, Massachusetts.
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Microplastics from the Magothy River are pictured at the laboratory of Dr. Lance Yonkos at the University of Maryland. — Microplastics collected from the Magothy River in Maryland. Credit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program

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Nature 593, 22-25 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01143-3

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