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It’s Not Just Seafood: New Study Finds Microplastics in Nearly 90% of Proteins Sampled, Including Plant-Based Meat Alternatives (oceanconservancy.org)

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone know what "one microplastic" means and why we are measuring them in units of microplastics?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A fragment of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length, according to NOAA.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why so many downvotes with no explanation? Is this answer wrong or something?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

This is the answer straight from wikipedia. I guess we just have a bunch of trolls on here now who downvote things to harm constructive discussion on the site.