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[ad_1] By Kelsey Adkisson Newswise – Over the past decade, scientists have been striving to understand the impacts of microplastics. With the breaking of plastic bottles, the washing of the seven billion fleece jackets in the world or the microspheres in facial cleansers, microplastics are accumulating. How they affect living …