{"id":8150,"date":"2019-08-17T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T09:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=8150"},"modified":"2019-08-17T14:30:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T09:30:01","slug":"its-raining-and-snowing-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/8150","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Raining and Snowing Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plastic was identified in more than 90 per cent of rainwater samples taken from across Colorado, State of US, a new study has found.<\/p>\n

Atmospheric wet deposition samples were collected using the National Atmospheric Deposition Program\/National Trends Network (NADP\/NTN) at eight sites (see map) in the Colorado Front Range.<\/p>\n

The plastic materials were mostly fibers that were only visible with magnification, approximately 20\u201340 times (X). Fibers were present in a variety of colors; the most frequently observed color was blue followed by red>silver>purple>green> yellow>other colors.<\/p>\n

More plastic fibers were observed in samples from urban sites than from remote, mountainous sites.<\/p>\n

Even in the Arctic, microscopic particles of plastic are falling out of the sky with snow, a study has found.<\/p>\n

The scientists said they were shocked by the sheer number of particles they found: more than 10,000 of them per litre in the Arctic.<\/p>\n

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The researchers collected samples of snow in flasks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It means that even there, people are likely to be breathing in microplastics from the air – though the health implications remain unclear.<\/p>\n

A German-Swiss team of researchers has published the work in the journal of Science Advances, saying that they also found rubber particles and fibres in the snow.<\/p>\n

The region is often seen as one of the world’s last unspoiled environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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