{
  "id": 6585093,
  "title": "Bulimba Creek tops Brisbane waterways for hazardous microplastics, risk analysis finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/bulimba-creek-tops-brisbane-waterways-for-hazardous-microplastics",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-10T12:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bulimba-creek-tops-brisbane-waterways.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A QUT investigation of the composition of microplastic types in three Brisbane creeks found that Bulimba Creek had a high load of hazardous microplastics. The work is published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}