Mikroplastik aus dem Meer
Wherever you look, you are almost guaranteed to find tiny plastic particles. However, a study conducted by TU Wien has revealed that, in many cases, what is thought to be plastic found in samples of seawater may actually be natural fibres from lab coats. Plastic is constantly finding its way into the ocean - it comes from ships, unsecured landfill sites and the sewage system. Over the years, it has repeatedly been claimed that a large proportion of marine plastic is made up of tiny man-made fibres, with polyester and viscose being given as examples. These particles are even said to have been detected at great depths. When conducting this kind of research, it is absolutely crucial that appropriate detection methods are carefully selected, but, as a study by TU Wien has now shown, this point has often been ignored in the past. It has been discovered that some methods of measurement do not make any distinction between natural and synthetic microparticles.
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