It's the question that Professor Mohan Jacob and Dr. Adeel Zafar from Australia's James Cook University (JCU) sought to answer in their recent research, as detailed by Interesting Engineering.

JCU’s Dr Adeel Zafar said microplastics’ characteristics enable them to absorb organic pollutants. “Once they are in water they are ultimately integrated into both marine and human food chains.

Health and Environment director Dr Adeel Zafar signed an international cooperative agreement to bring into limelight the impending danger of water scarcity and formulate strategic responses to the ...