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Plastic pollution harming bacteria that help us breathe [1]

Chemicals leaching from plastic pollution may be harming ocean bacteria which produce 10 per cent of the oxygen that we breathe, a study has found.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Plastics [3], Marine Life [4], Marine Ecosystems [5], Non-Biodegradable Waste [6], Environment [7]
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