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Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic that is less than 5 mm in length

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Everywhere: in the soil, in rivers, in the deep ocean, on mountains, in the air, etc.

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Why Microplastics are a problem for marine life

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Why Microplastics are a problem for marine life

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Microplastics are a problem for marine life for a variety of reasons. One of the big problems is that it can affect every animal inside of a food web from animals as small as zooplankton to the larger consumers. The reason this is of concern is because once animals consume microplastics it can begin to block part of their digestive track which diminishes their urge to eat and if the animal consumes enough they will eventually starve. This is still a problem however for animals that do not end up starving because not eating as much still causes them to be less healthy and this will affect growth and reproduction.

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Why Microplastics are a problem for Humans

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Why Microplastics are a problem for Humans

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Microplastics can cause many of the same problems in humans as it does in marine life. It can cause problems with our health, affect reproduction, and make us unintentionally consume toxins and chemicals. However, humans have an extra problem that can be cause which is microplastics getting into our lungs and just staying there because our body can not break us down.

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Addressing questions asked during survey

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Addressing questions asked during survey

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Question: Are we taking any measures to clean ocean microplastics?
Answer: Efforts are being made to clean up microplastics in the ocean but due to their small size it is much more difficult to get microplastics out of the ocean then the larger pieces of plastics that also pollute the ocean.

Question: How badly can Microplastics harm humans that come in contact with them?
Answer: As addressed earlier, the harm to humans comes when the microplastics are ingested through chemicals and toxins attached to them.

Question: When did microplastics start to become an environmental problem?
Answer: When microplastics started to harm the environment would go hand and hand with when plastic began to harm the environment which was in the late 1960's after plastics began to become regularly used.