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2023.03.19 05:04 GMT+8

Over 170 trillion plastic particles found in oceans

Updated 2023.03.19 05:04 GMT+8
Ediz Tiyansan

Roughly two million metric tons of plastic is now floating in the world’s oceans, according to a new study that goes back to 1979. 

It found a dramatic increase in the amount and types of plastic in the ocean waters. 

Ediz Tiyansan reports.

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