Winds carry microplastics 'everywhere' - even on to remote mountaintops

Study finds even supposedly pristine region of the Pyrenees is polluted, but impact on human health remains unknownMicroplastic is raining down on even remote mountaintops, a new study has revealed, with winds having the capacity to carry the pollution "anywhere and everywhere".The scientists were astounded by the quantities of microplastic falling from the sky in a supposedly pristine place such as the French stretch of the Pyrenees mountains. Researchers are now finding microplastics everywhere they look; in rivers, the deepest oceans and soils around the world. Continue reading...