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Researchers, For The First Time, Discovered Microplastic In Freshly Fallen Snow In Antarctica. Scientists Found From Each Of The 19 Sampled Sites, An Avg. Of 29 Plastic Particles Per Litre Of Melted Snow. And Identified 13 Different Plastic Types–With The Most Common Plastic Being PET Plastic—Used Mostly In, E.g., Soft-Drink Bottles.

Microplastics found in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for first time | Antarctica | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/08/microplastics-found-in-freshly-fallen-antarctic-snow-for-first-time

New Zealand researchers identified tiny plastics, which can be toxic to plants and animals, in 19 snow samples