Plastitar: mix of tar and microplastics is new form of pollution, say scientists

Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution

Plastitar: mix of tar and microplastics is new form of pollution, say scientists
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The discovery came as a team of researchers were combing the shores of the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canaries. Time and again, set against the sparkling waters that lapped the Playa Grande, they spotted clumps of hardened tar, dotted with tiny, colourful fragments of plastic.

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