st lawrence river /channels/taxonomy/term/12864/all en Microplastic pollution discovered in St. Lawrence River sediments /channels/news/microplastic-pollution-discovered-st-lawrence-river-sediments-239095 <div> <blockquote> <p>Phys.org | Sept. 18, 2014</p> </blockquote> <p>A team of researchers from Â鶹Çø and the Quebec government have discovered <a href="http://phys.org/tags/microplastics/" rel="tag">microplastics</a> (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads', <2 mm diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments. </p></div> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 04:05:49 +0000 webfull 105456 at /channels