Mermaid’s tears: How tiny plastic pellets are flooding the setting

Lentil-sized and poisonous, industrial plastic pellets referred to as “nurdles” – or “mermaid’s tears” – are the second-largest supply of microplastic air pollution worldwide, with lots of of hundreds of tonnes leaked into the setting annually. As UN negotiations on curbing plastic air pollution in Geneva enter their closing hours, specialists warn that efforts to halt their unfold could fall brief. [/gpt3]