Field Samples (IMAGE)

Penn State

Field Samples

Caption

A research team at Penn State collected samples from several rivers and streams across Pennsylvania to study the risk factors and movement patterns of microplastics in freshwater ecosystems, an environment that has not been extensively studied.

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Provided by Nathaniel Warner

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