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Microplastics in Spider Webs

This chapter explores the use of spider webs to track and measure airborne microplastics, highlighting their potential as a cheap and easy method for collecting samples. It discusses the detrimental effects of microplastics on the environment and living organisms, citing a study where 10% of the mass of spider webs collected from bus shelters consisted of microplastics.

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