Sunday, October 5, 2014
Pursuing plastic pollution at the atomic level - ANSTO
Plastic pollution is finding its way into the tissues of marine wildlife. Although many environmental risks of plastic have long been known, analysis by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has detected chemicals from plastic pollution in the feathers of seabirds. The plastic and feather samples were analysed first at the Australian Synchrotron light source in Melbourne and then at the country's only operating nuclear reactor, the ANSTO Open-Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL) research reactor in Sydney.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment