Vancouver-area laundry microplastics are filtering into ocean: study

VANCOUVER — A study published in a scientific journal says microplastics from Metro Vancouver’s laundered clothes are ending up in water treatment plants and filtering into the ocean.
The study by the ocean-protection group Ocean Wise and the Metro Vancouver regional district found that while 99 per cent of the particles were filtered out, a significant amount still made it into the ocean.
The study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin found treatment plants remove about 1.8 trilli