{"id":41207,"date":"2019-01-28T17:49:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T12:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=41207"},"modified":"2019-01-28T17:49:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T12:19:54","slug":"micro-plastic-fibres-found-in-groundwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/micro-plastic-fibres-found-in-groundwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro-plastic fibres found in groundwater"},"content":{"rendered":"

Micro-plastic fibres found in groundwater<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

News<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

A new study published in the journal Groundwater<\/em> has reported micro plastics in fractured limestone aquifers – a groundwater source that accounts for 25% of the global drinking water supply.<\/p>\n

Important facts<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The study identified microplastic fibers, along with a variety of medicines and household contaminants, in two aquifer systems in Illinois.<\/li>\n
  2. It is estimated that 6.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic waste have been produced since the 1940s, and 79% of that is now in landfills or the natural environment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Additional Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    What are microplastics?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Microplastics are plastic particles of less than 5 mm in diameter.<\/li>\n
    2. They enter the environment either as primary industrial products, such as those used in scrubbers and cosmetics, or via urban waste water and broken-down elements of articles discarded by consumers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Impact of Microplastic pollution:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. The ingestion of microplastics is dangerous for humans as these substances contain high concentrations of toxic chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls<\/li>\n
      2. Microplastics are a major threat to oceans and the marine life. According to a 2017 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report, microplastics are estimated to constitute up to 30% of marine litter polluting the oceans<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Micro-plastic fibres found in groundwater News A new study published in the journal Groundwater has reported micro plastics in fractured limestone aquifers – a groundwater source that accounts for 25% of the global drinking water supply. Important facts The study identified microplastic fibers, along with a variety of medicines and household contaminants, in two aquifer… Continue reading Micro-plastic fibres found in groundwater<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704584775},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}