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Researchers in northeast England collect samples of zooplankton from the North Sea to examine the impact of microplastics on marine life. Microplastics, especially microscopic plastic fibers from synthetic clothing, make up almost a fifth of the plastic polluting the oceans each year. Every wash, our clothes shed millions of these microfibers which can be ingested by small organisms and disrupt feeding behaviors and development, potentially affecting the whole ecosystem. With the textile industry producing

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