{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6486cf282b317a001151a613/6a3a9d806cc0d2f3825e8317?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How much do we really know about microplastics?","description":"<p>The word “microplastics” appeared for the first time in 2004, coined by Richard Thompson, now a marine biology professor at the University of Plymouth.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Over the past 22 years, microplastics have gained increasing attention, but questions about them still seem to outnumber what we actually know.</p><p><br></p><p>In this Q&amp;A episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we pose your questions to Heather Leslie, an independent scientist from Amsterdam, and Francesco Regoli, vice rector for research at the Polytechnic University of Marche.</p><p><br></p><p>Do you want to reach out to Euronews Tech Talks? Email alice.carnevali@euronews.com.</p><p><br></p><p>Exploring Everyday Microplastic Exposures - Leslie DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19360361 </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Euronews"}