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  "title": "Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/microplastics-react-with-water-a-new-study-says-thats-a-problem-for-15164197",
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  "published": "2026-10-17T09:00:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.",
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