'Alarmingly high' amounts of plastic microbeads found in B.C. shellfish farming areas

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https://i.cbc.ca/1.4017906.1489096873!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/microplastics.jpg “We found microbeads in the smallest bits of sediment and in a concentration equal to the amounts of silt and organic matter,” one researcher said.


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