• howrar@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Does anyone know what “one microplastic” means and why we are measuring them in units of microplastics?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      1 year ago

      A fragment of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length, according to NOAA.

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        1 year ago

        Why so many downvotes with no explanation? Is this answer wrong or something?

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          This is the answer straight from wikipedia. I guess we just have a bunch of trolls on here now who downvote things to harm constructive discussion on the site.