Datasets associated with the manuscript titled "Wet and dry atmospheric deposition of microplastics at urban, suburban, rural and mountainous sites in Switzerland"

Summary

Scientists tracked tiny plastic particles falling from the sky (through both rain and dry dust) at city, suburban, rural, and mountain locations across Switzerland over a full year. This matters because it shows microplastics aren't just in oceans and soil—they're literally raining down on us everywhere, including remote mountain areas far from cities, meaning we're likely breathing and ingesting them regardless of where we live. Note: this particular listing is a dataset repository, so it shares the raw measurements rather than detailed conclusions about health effects—those would be found in the full research paper.