Microplastics – A Pollutant of Concern
Robert Carline member of the Spring Creek Watershed Atlas Work Group The information in the following article was taken largely from an article by Dr. Sherri Mason, which can be accessed through: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/plastics-plastics-everywhere and from an article by Faran Savitz, which is duplicated below. Plastic products are everywhere. They are quite useful, nearly indestructible, inexpensive, and they constitute a large portion of our solid wastes.