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Plastic waste found chemically bonded to rocks in China

Researchers discover ‘plastic rocks’, probably formed from bags and other litter, in a freshwater creek.
  1. Katherine Bourzac
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Researchers have discovered what they think is a new form of plastic pollution: thin films of plastic waste chemically bonded to rocks.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01037-6

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