Microplastics are brought into the wilderness on hiking shoes and gear, study shows

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Microplastics are brought into the wilderness on hiking shoes and gear, study shows - Lemmy.World

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Microplastics are also in the rain. So I’m not sure we should be worried about hiking gear at this point.

Single use plastics for non-medical uses should be taxed out of existence.

sciencealert.com/plastic-rain-is-a-now-a-thing-an…

Plastic Rain Is a Now a Thing, And We've Underestimated Just How Heavy It Is

A plastic mist descends from the sky each day.

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Was your purpose to spread disillusionment?

Because that probably was the consequence.

Don’t be disillusioned. Most of the microplastics in the air is thought to come from tire dust. It’s a problem a lot of tire companies are already working on. And because EVs mostly use regenerative braking, they’ll make an impact there as well.

ev.com/…/study-reveals-evs-produce-less-brake-and…

Study Reveals EVs Produce Less Brake And Tire Pollution With Fewer Non-Exhaust Emissions | EV.com

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