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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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(the Gumby Generations legacy plastic air, plastic people, plastic oceans, etc.): A secluded mountain region thought to be free of plastic pollution is in fact blanketed by airborne microplastics on a scale comparable to a major city such as Paris, alarmed researchers reported Monday. Over a five-month period in 2017-2018, an average of 365 tiny bits of plastic settled every day on each square metre of an uninhabited, high-altitude area in the Pyrenees straddling France and Spain, they reported in the journal Nature Geoscience. "It is astounding and worrying that so many particles were found in the Pyrenees field site," said lead author Steve Allen, a doctoral student at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. The study focused on microplastics mostly between 10 and 150 micrometres across, including fragments, fibres and sheet-like pieces of film. By comparison, a human hair is, on average, about 70 micrometres in width. "We would never have anticipated that this study would reveal such high levels of microplastic deposits," added co-author Gael Le Roux, a researcher at EcoLab in Toulouse, in southwestern France. Plastic litter has emerged in the last few years as a major environmental problem. Up to 12 million tonnes of plastics are thought to enter the world's oceans every year, and millions more clog inland waterways and landfills. Plastic takes decades to break down, and even then continues to persist in the environment. Scientists are only now beginning to measure the damage to wildlife and potential impacts on human health. A study earlier this year uncovered plastic fragments in the guts of animals living more than 10 kilometres below the ocean surface. Two whales found beached since the start of the year -- one in the Philippines, the other in Sardinia, Italy -- had 40 and 20 kilos, respectively, of plastic in their stomachs. Microplastics have also been found in tap water around the world, and even the furthest reaches of Antarctica. - As polluted as Paris - "Our most significant finding is that microplastics are transported through the atmosphere and deposited in a remote, high-altitude mountain location far from any major city," co-author Deonie Allen, also from EcoLab, told AFP. "This means that microplastics are an atmospheric pollutant." Researchers used two monitoring devices to independently measure particle concentration in an area long considered to be among the most pristine in western Europe. The nearest village is seven kilometres (more than four miles) away, and the nearest city, Toulouse, is more than 100 kilometres. While the scientists were able to identify the types of plastic, they could not say with certainty where they came from or how far they had drifted. Analysing the pattern of air flows, they surmised that some particles had travelled at least 100 kilometres. "But due to the lack of significant local plastic pollution sources, they probably travelled farther," Deonie Allen said. Samples -- transported by wind, snow and rain -- were collected at the meteorological station of Bernadouze at an altitude of more than 1,500 metres. The researchers were stunned to find that the concentrations of microplastic pollution were on a par with those found in major cities, including Paris and the southern Chinese industrial city of Dongguan. "Our findings are within the range of those reported for greater Paris, and can thus be considered comparable," Deonie Allen told AFP. "We did not expect the number of particles to be so high." |
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16041
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
| Sounds like military chaff- damned polluters. |
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From: Alan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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It's general everyday common plastic waste that slowly breaks down into infinitesimally smaller and smaller particles. To claim it is purely military chaff is stupid as chaff to reflect radar is generally made of aluminum or zinc-coating. "Plastic waste that starts out as bottles, packaging, and so on degrades over time to microplastic particles or much smaller nanoparticles. One study estimated there are 15 to 51 trillion microplastics particles floating on the surface of the oceans. A trillion is one thousand billion. A trillion seconds is nearly 32,000 years." "Microplastics come from a variety of sources, including from larger plastic debris that degrades into smaller and smaller pieces. In addition, microbeads, a type of microplastic, are very tiny pieces of manufactured polyethylene plastic that are added as exfoliants to health and beauty products, such as some cleansers and toothpastes. These tiny particles easily pass through water filtration systems and end up in the ocean and Great Lakes, posing a potential threat to aquatic life." "Studies have shown that many synthetic fibers, such as polyester, nylon and acrylics, can be shed from clothing and persist in the environment. Each garment in a load of laundry can shed more than 1,900 fibers of microplastics, with fleeces releasing the highest percentage of fibers, over 170% more than other garments." |
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16045
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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Yep. It's too much, way to much. |
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16042
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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It's probably partly that yes. But citizens pay taxes for the military stuff which is like the world committing suicide in many forms... Many think they are free when not so much, it's an illusion. Slaves to iniquity. |
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From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
| They never ask the people if they want to pay taxes for war, or abortions or for whatever. The rulers of this world get want they want. But its only an illusion. |
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From: Jeff/Lake Almanor,CA, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
| It's not an illusion, they get what they want... It's our job to stop them... |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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it's the beast... who can stop the beast? You and some voters...it's too far gone to stop and the ones folks vote for are not stopping it as the voters give them the tails their power. |
16049
From: Jeff/Lake Almanor,CA, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
| Sorry you lost me ! |
16050
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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It's prophecy and it's happening now. It's about flesh voting for flesh to rule them and trusting in flesh...it's turns out it's fake, it's plastic pollution, deadly. Revelation 13: 3-5 |
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From: Jeff/Lake Almanor,CA, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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I'll have to take your word for it. But get the Plastic pollution part. |
16053
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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~ ❤️~ thank you Jeff |
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From: Jeff/Lake Almanor,CA, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
| Me22u |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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p.s I don't think you are going to understand it even if spelled out...so I can't really do that but someone else may understand and if not now, later. |
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16046
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Airborne plastic particles blanket remote mountains: study
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For myself I look at my own faults first and how I was blindly contributing to the mess and I do what I can to fix that as even in the spirit it counts that I know this and I hate it about me that I did it. |
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