Sacred springs of South Africa : pure waters or polluted ? We found tiny bits of plastic in the samples we tested
16 septembre 2026 | Thendo Mutshekwa, Research associate, Rhodes University, Lubabalo Mofu, Instrument Scientist Freshwater Field and Lab Ecologist, National Research Foundation, Samuel N. Motitsoe, Senior Lecturer in the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Even South Africa’s remote sacred springs are not untouched: research found microplastics in all nine tested, including waters used for healing and drinking.
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