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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

Adelaide rivers dump microplastics in sea

A Flinders University study has found heavy loads of microplastic in Adelaide's freshwater streams. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Fast-fashion victims shed microplastic particles with every step and it could help explain why Adelaide's rivers and creeks are loaded with them.

Flinders University researchers have just completed the first baseline study on microplastic loads in metropolitan Adelaide's freshwater streams.

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