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Plastic Particles Are Acting Like Sponges For Heavy Metals
In this study,1 researchers used waste plastics like soda bottles, candy boxes, and takeout containers to create nanoplastics in a lab setting. They then exposed these particles to heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, zinc, cobalt, and manganese, to see what would happen.
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