Science & Environment

Lake Geneva is polluted with microplastics

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Le 12h45
29 May 2013

Florian Faure

Environnement naturel, architectural et construit, EPFL

Researchers at EPFL have measured surprisingly high concentrations of microplastic pollution in Lake Geneva.

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