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Microplastics Q&As

01 Do microplastics blow in on the air?

02 Do microplastics flow in from surrounding bogs?

03 What percentage of the microplastics originated from local vs external sources?

04 What was the composition of the pollution collected during the spring Shoreline Cleanup?

05 How do the results compare - Shoreline Cleanup vs water + sediment samples?

06 How do the results compare - Shoreline Cleanup vs beach tests?

07 What are the differences between the initial vs the revised study methodology?

08 Where are the microplastics on Kosh?

09 Does the type of microplastic suggest its source?

10 How do fibres get into the lake?

11 Does microplastic density in the water change from June to November?

12 How deep do microplastics float?

13 How fast do microplastics enter the sediment?

14 What did the TrentU microplastics project not research?

15 Are there more microplastics in deep-water sediment or near-shore sediment?

16 How can polystyrene foam both support a dock and sink into the sediment?

17 What is the footprint of a polystyrene foam dock?

18 How big is the microplastic footprint of a hotspot where pollution collects?

19 Should we worry about microplastics?

20 Why do some beaches have more microplastics than others?

21 Is your beach south of Battleship Island?

22 Microplastic results by bay.

23 What is our impact on the Crowe Valley watershed?

24 Where were the samples taken from?

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