Sunway University Online Sharing Session on Plastics

Our body would not have microplastics if we don’t eat seafood.

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Microplastics can also find in the deep ocean.

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When the microplastics floating in the sea, the microplastics will also absorb toxic substances from the surrounding seawater.

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Sewage treatment plants can filter all the microplastics in waste water, so microplastics will not enter into the sea from its effluent.

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The problem of ocean microplastics is caused by people living on the boat, we have not cause to the problem as we live in the city.

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As most of the body size of plankton is small, microplastics cannot enter to their body.

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Large marine organisms, such as whales and sharks, can digest and excrete the microplastics. Hence, microplastics will not accumulate in their body.

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Places where people are rare, like the Antarctic and the North Pole, does not affected by microplastics.

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Microplastics in the ocean can easily decompose to become harmless substances.

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As microplastics is refer to plastics that are smaller than 5mm, so plastic litters that are larger than 5mm will not affect the ecosystem.

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