Simulation test (IMAGE) City University of Hong Kong Caption The team collected discarded masks and soaked them in seawater for nine days. The green bars in the graph show the amount of microplastics released and the orange bars are the data from the control experiment Credit J. Sun, et al. / DOI number: 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00748 Usage Restrictions Image must be used with appropriate caption and credit. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.