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    Scientists have even found microplastics in the Arctic

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    Amrita Khalid
    Amrita Khalid
    08.14.2019

    Microplastics are polluting tap water, the deep sea and now even remote corners of the Arctic. Scientists found concentrations of plastic in ice floes from the Fram Strait, the passage that connects the Arctic Ocean to the rest of the world's oceans. Their findings, published today in Science Advances, offer further evidence that increased plastic production is impacting the environment in new, unforeseen ways.