The study focused on microplastics mostly between 10 and 150 micrometres across, including fragments, fibres and sheet-like pieces of film. By AFPMore by this AuthorPARIS,A secluded mountain region thought to be free of plastic pollution is in fact blanketed by airborne microplastics on a scale comparable to a major city such as Paris, alarmed researchers reported Monday. The study focused on microplastics mostly between 10 and 150 micrometres across, including fragments, fibres and sheet-like pieces of film. SEA POLLUTIONA study earlier this year uncovered plastic fragments in the guts of animals living more than 10 kilometres below the ocean surface. "But due to the lack of significant local plastic pollution sources, they probably travelled farther," Deonie Allen said.

Source: Daily Nation April 16, 2019 06:11 UTC