Plastic pollution found in Taiwan's high mountain Jiaming Lake

Microplastic contamination has been found in 100 percent of water samples collected from Jiaming Lake in Taitung, the second highest mountain lake in Taiwan and a main source of drinking water for the Formosan sambar deer, a protected species, according to a research report issued Sunday.

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