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How many tiny bits of plastic are finding their way from Lake Erie into our drinking water?
Aug 8, 2022
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/08/how-many-tiny-bits-of-plastic-are-finding-their-way-from-lake-erie-into-our-drinking-water.html
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Something potentially harmful has been invading Lake Erie, the source of our drinking water, for years, and scientists aren’t sure what to make of it.
That something is tiny bits of plastic, billions and billions of them, and their threat to human health is still a big unknown.
That makes what Ohio State University professor John Lenhart plans to do – use a $150,000 grant to test drinking water in Cleveland and elsewhere for the tiny specs of plastic – all the more important.