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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Rod Minchin

Sewage spills and sea winds may send microplastics into coastal cities – study

The breakwater in Plymouth Sound during Storm Eunice in February 2022 (University of Plymouth/PA) -

A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world’s coastal towns and cities, a new study suggests.

Scientists analysed existing records on two years of combined sewer overflows into Plymouth Sound in Devon.

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