{"id":103,"date":"2020-12-09T20:08:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T01:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/?p=103"},"modified":"2020-12-09T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T01:08:11","slug":"microplastics-macro-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/2020\/12\/09\/microplastics-macro-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Microplastics &#8211;                  Macro Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We used to worrying about garbage, and particularly plastic pollution.  But we are now aware of a new form of plastic garbage accumulating in aquatic systems and the human food chain: microplastics.  Although they often remain invisible, recent research suggests that  humans ingest over 10,000 particles a year.  Team Plastics presents solutions that range from simple to complex, but tackling this growing problem is becoming more and more important to both human and ecosystem health.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Microplastics.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Microplastics.jpg 709w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Microplastics-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Microplastics-109x140.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Microplastics-Fact-Sheet.pdf\">Microplastics-Fact-Sheet<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Microplastics-Fact-Sheet.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We used to worrying about garbage, and particularly plastic pollution. But we are now aware of a new form of plastic garbage accumulating in aquatic systems and the human food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"japontiu","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/author\/japontiu\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}