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An independent Asheville study found microplastic fibers at three of four tributary sites in Hurricane Helene flood sediments. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Microplastics in flood sediments deposited by Hurricane Helene around Asheville, North Carolina · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:7221b2b189fd7322a932af562b71345d40ff44f08f72083dc29ac2657e8fdfaa

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This project aims to characterize microplastic distributions in flood sediments deposited by Hurricane Helene around Asheville, North Carolina in the Upper French Broad River Subbasin. ... Sediment samples were collected from 4 of these tributaries in Asheville, all of which were creeks that experienced extreme flooding during the storm. ... 3 of the 4 sites had significant white, and to a lesser degree black, fibers that were often matted together.

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