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Bottled water contains quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics on average, scientists find | Climate News
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The average litre of bottled water contains nearly a quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics, according to new research. While scientists had long assumed there were large quantities of tiny plastic pieces in bottles of water, they never knew how many or what kind. Researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities in the US…
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Over a quarter of local authorities in England are covered by oil and gas licences – could fracking come to your area? | Climate News
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People in England can find out if fracking could come to their area by entering their postcode in a new interactive map, which illustrates the regions covered by oil and gas licences. Over a quarter of local authorities are covered by existing licences to explore for oil and gas, which could involve fracking, according to…