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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: The Not So Secret World of Microplastics in the Great Lakes | North Coast Chronicles
Description: We shouldn't be surprised that plastics make their way into the Great Lakes. Â But, did you know that about 22 million pounds of plastic get into the Great Lakes each year? Â A study by the University of Toronto found that 90% of Great Lakes water samples over the last 10 years have unsafe microplastic levels. On the September episode of North Coast Chronicles: Tales from the Great Lakes, we share that in a study of microplastics on 37 National Park beaches, microfibers were found at every site and made up 97% of the microplastic debris. But, the highest concentration of microplastics in this national st...