Plastic microbeads are passing through Monroe County’s two major waste water treatment plants — the Van Lare and Northwest Quadrant facilities — and into Lake Ontario, according to a new report from the State Attorney General’s Office. The county participated in the study. Monroe County’s facilities aren’t the only ones with this problem. The AG’s […]
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Plastics plague Ontario, too
Researchers have already confirmed the ubiquitous presence of tiny plastic pieces, called “microplastics,” in several of the Great Lakes. Now a SUNY Fredonia professor says that she’s found microplastics in Lake Ontario, too. This summer, SUNY Fredonia associate professor of chemistry Sam Mason led a group of University at Buffalo students in collecting samples from […]
