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The Danger of Microbeads

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It will damage our digestive system if microbeads are eaten by fish and in turn we eat those fish, Dr Widido Pranowo who heads the Indonesian Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries for Coastal and Maritime Data Laboratory, discusses the dangers of microbeads to our waters and to our consumption of seafood.


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It will damage our digestive system if microbeads are eaten by fish and in turn we eat those fish, Dr Widido Pranowo who heads the Indonesian Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries for Coastal and Maritime Data Laboratory, discusses the dangers of microbeads to our waters and to our consumption of seafood.


What are microbeads? Why have their use been outlawed in some countries? Dr Widido Pranowo explains the problem and ways of addressing it.

 


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