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Occurrence, Sources, Transport, and Fate of Microplastics in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin
Summary
Researchers documented that microplastics smaller than five millimeters are present throughout the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River system, from tributary streams to the Atlantic Ocean. This finding suggests that the Great Lakes region is both a major accumulation zone and a transport pathway for microplastic pollution into the broader marine environment.
Microplastics, plastic particles less than five millimeters in size, are found in each of the five Laurentian Great Lakes, their tributary streams and rivers, and the St. Lawrence River carrying Great Lakes water to the Atlantic Ocean. Although standardized...