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A new study led by Kyushu University estimates the fate of ocean plastics from 1961 to 2017 and finds that nearly two-thirds may be out of reach of current observation methods. Moreover, the study estimates that a half a billion metric tons of plastic—one tenth of all the plastic products produced in the last half-century—is still at risk of leaking into the environment, with 95% of this still on land.
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