Team finds plastic-associated metalloids in the urban river environments of Mongolia
(a-c) and (k-m) show polystyrene foam particles collected from the environment and as manufactured, respectively, imaged at different magnifications using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). (d-e) and (n-o) show the composition of the same two types of particles, as found from energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University
A team led by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied how…