by Marek Dosbaba, Product Marketing Manager for Earth and Materials Science, TESCAN
The health of our planet in regard to climate change, air pollution and waste management are of pressing concern today. In particular, people are now much more aware of the environmental impact of anthropogenic plastic waste due to the powerful visuals of vast rafts of plastic bottles, bags and other packaging out at sea, defacing our beautiful coastlines. More heart-wrenching are the images of wildlife that have perished as a result of man-made plastic pollution ingestion or entanglement. What is not so visible are the microplastic and nanoplastic waste materials that lurk in our waterways―and possibly our drinking water.
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