First-ever plastics pollution weather forecast predicts that Paris could be blanketed by billions of microplastic particles 'raining' from the sky
Billions of microplastic particles could increase by tenfold due to heavy rain over the five-day talks, leading to a "plastic fall" on earth, experts warn.Plastic particles break down into the environment and end up in our bodies, causing enormous damage / Photo: AFP.
The predicted downpour will range between 40 and 48 kilogrammes of free-floating plastic bits blanketing greater Paris every 24 hours, the scientists involved told AFP news agency."This should sharpen the focus of negotiators," said Marcus Glover, head of plastics research at the Minderoo Foundation based in Perth, Australia.
In nature, multi-coloured microplastics - by definition, less than five millimetres in diameter - have been found in ice near the North Pole and inside fish navigating the oceans' deepest, darkest recesses. "They're the ones most likely to get through our biological membranes into tissues, including the blood-brain barrier," he told AFP.
Rather, it is based on research done in Paris starting in 2015 that collected samples from multiple locations year-round and sifted through them in the laboratory.This pioneering work by French scientists found that most plastic particles falling across Paris' 2,500-square-kilometre catchment area were nylon and polyester, probably from clothing.Over an entire year, up to 10 tonnes of microplastic fibres settle over the Paris area, they estimated.
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