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Study finds record amount of microplastics in Arctic sea ice

Ice cores from the Transpolar Drift Stream contained pollution from many sources, including cigarette filters, paint and nylon.

By Kelsey Lindsey April 30, 2018
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The Arctic may be thousands of miles from the planet’s largest cities and fastest booming populations, but that doesn’t mean it’s free of human junk.

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