/channels/taxonomy/term/9015/all en /channels/news/microplastic-pollution-discovered-st-lawrence-river-239101 <p>A team of researchers from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads,' less than 2 mm in diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments. Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:23:10 +0000 webfull 105460 at /channels