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Students dive into summer microplastics research experience

“Humans are not just exposed to microplastics," said Austin Gray, assistant professor of biological sciences. “We are consuming them. They’re within the blood, they’re in breast milk, and there are a lot of concerns that we don’t know about.”
A week during the summer microplastics research experience took the undergraduate and graduates students out to Chesapeake Bay to collect multiple cores and modern surface samples. Following the in-the-field component, the students work with Austin Gray to analyze the collected samples at Virginia Tech. Photo by Spencer Coppage for Virginia Tech.
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