The “nurdles” that scattered along I-196 and into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River after a January 27 semi-truck crash are the same industrial pellets that researchers have been finding for years on Great Lakes beaches, underscoring the threat of microplastics to Great Lakes ecosystems. Read the full story by MLive.
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