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Microplastics are a growing problem in bodies of water around the world, including the St. Lawrence River and its estuary, which drain approximately 25 per cent of the world’s fresh water. This 2020 photo shows microplastic debris in Depoe Bay, Ore. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Our clothes generate microplastics that pollute the St. Lawrence River and other bodies of water

Valérie S. Langlois, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS); Julien Gigault, Université Laval; Raphaël Lavoie, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), and To Tuan Anh, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

New research shows an abundance of microplastics in the St. Lawrence River and its estuary, where 45 million people live and is home home to several million animals, invertebrates and plants.
Les microplastiques peuvent s’accumuler dans les poissons que l’on pêche et que l'on élève en aquaculture. (Shutterstock)

Nos vêtements génèrent des microplastiques qui polluent le fleuve Saint‑Laurent

Valérie S. Langlois, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS); Julien Gigault, Université Laval; Raphaël Lavoie, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), and To Tuan Anh, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

Une récente étude montre que la grande majorité des microplastiques retrouvés dans le fleuve Saint-Laurent proviennent de fibres textiles.

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