Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Over 70 BILLION nurdles in the sea due to X-Press Pearl disaster

COLOMBO (News 1st); The X-Press Pearl Tragedy resulted in the spillage of an estimated 70-75 billion pellets of preproduction plastic material, known as nurdles, into the Sea of Sri Lanka and along the Sri Lankan coastline. This was highlighted in a study published in the Environmental Journal of the American Chemical Society. The study added […]

Over 70 BILLION nurdles in the sea due to X-Press Pearl disaster

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