The rotifer’s masticatory apparatus (in yellow) is strong enough to fracture grind out more than 300,000 nanoplastic particles every day. (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

The rotifer’s masticatory apparatus (in yellow) is strong enough to fracture grind out more than 300,000 nanoplastic particles every day.

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The rotifer’s masticatory apparatus (in yellow) is strong enough to fracture grind out more than 300,000 nanoplastic particles every day.

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UMass Amherst

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