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Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies, the depths of the Mariana Trench, the summit of Everest and the organs of Antarctic penguins. But how do they travel through the world, and what do they do to the creatures that carry them? Here is the story of how plastic contaminates entire ecosystems – and even the food we eat

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I'm assuming they're reusing all the DDT bioaccumulation diagrams for this that I was taught using when I was in school.

[–] Sidhean@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I legit can't focus on this because of the high-contrast squiggle that moves as I scroll :(

Edit: Yeah, I just covered the half of my phone that it was on with my hand-- whose idea was that, anyway?

The article was good. Definitely worth reading.