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Birch Trees Can Soak Up Microplastics From The Soil

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Birch trees can be found in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere (Credit: Percita at Flickr/ CC BY-SA 2.0/ Wikimedia Commons)

The proliferation of microplastics in our oceans has received worldwide attention. However, the abundance of the tiny plastic fragments in the soil has largely gone unnoticed. A 2018 study by German scientists found terrestrial microplastic pollution — caused by wastewater irrigation and sewage — far exceeds marine microplastic pollution.