Samples collected by researchers aboard the U.S. EPA’s Lake Guardian research vessel in 2014 and 2024 showed an increase in the volume of plastic per square kilometer, suggesting that the volume of plastic in the lake has gone up. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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