Swimming in a soup of microplastic

When microplastics were discovered in drinking water, the world suddenly realised that plastic pollution is as serious as scientists have been claiming all along. Prof. Alan Deidun and his team have been sampling microplastics on Malta's beaches – he talks to ReThink's hosts Daiva and Shruti about how these particles get to the sea, fish, and our bodies. 

You can read Dr Adam Gauci's original article in the THINK magazine here: https://www.um.edu.mt/think/the-p-factor/. The article is read by Chris Styles.

ReThink is produced by THINK magazine (https://www.um.edu.mt/think/) together with Campus FM (http://maltauniversitybroadcasting.com/), and hosted by Daiva Repeckaite and Shruti Sundaresan.

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