Scientists alarmed by microplastics

They're in the water we drink, in the food we eat and spread thoughout the food chain. They're microplastics.

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00:00Plastic in its particle form, I mean in microplastic, is everywhere.

00:04I mean, it's in our tap water, it's in our drinking water, it's in our, you know, ground water.

00:11So it's already everywhere.

02:00The solution will not be in the sea.

02:29It means that even if we say we're going to clean the sea, we're going to remove the plastic,

02:33we're going to clean the beaches and everything, it's not enough.

02:36All the solutions are on the ground.

02:39And then the solutions on the ground start with us.

02:41I mean, everyone's awareness, the reduction of our consumption.

02:47And then there are the politicians, the industrialists, who really have to play their role.