Diplomats from 175 countries gathering in Paris for plastics treaty talks on Monday may want to pack an umbrella, but not just because there's a chance of rain.
France's capital will also be showered during the five-day talks by billions of microplastic particles falling from the sky, according to the first-ever plastics pollution weather forecast.
Concern over the impact of plastics on the environment and human wellbeing has surged in recent years along with a crescendo of research documenting its omnipresence and persistence. "They're the ones most likely to get through our biological membranes into tissues, including the blood-brain barrier," he told AFP.
Rather, it is based on research done in Paris starting in 2015 that collected samples from multiple locations year-round and sifted through them in the laboratory.This pioneering work by French scientists found that most plastic particles falling across Paris's 2,500-square-kilometer catchment area were nylon and polyester, probably from clothing.Over an entire year, up to 10 tons of microplastic fibers settle over the Paris area, they estimated.
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