Little plastic balls known as nurdles are polluting our waterways at an alarming rate, causing an environmental catastrophe. Vox science and Recode fellow Neel Dhanesha (@neel_dhan) explains.

Read Neel’s story: https://www.vox.com/recode/23056251/nurdles-plastic-pollution-ocean-microplastics

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