Lego bricks may survive in ocean for 1,300 yrs - study

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Researchers at the University of Plymouth in the UK analysed bricks that had washed up on the coastlines of south-west England

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The study, published in the journal Environmental Pollution, estimated that the bricks could endure for between 100 and 1,300 years. "It is specifically designed to be played with and handled, so it may not be especially surprising that despite potentially being in the sea for decades, it isn't significantly worn down."The pieces we tested had smoothed and discoloured, with some of the structures having fractured and fragmented, suggesting that as well as pieces remaining intact, they might also break down into microplastics.

Over the past decade, voluntary organisations from Cornwall - include Rame Peninsula Beach Care and the Lego Lost at Sea Project - have retrieved thousands of pieces of Lego and other plastic during regular beach cleans.

 

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So that's what all those sailors do on those long voyages across the oceans interesting...

Surely they have more important things they could be researching at the minute

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