Bulimba Creek tops Brisbane waterways for hazardous microplastics, risk analysis finds

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What happened

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.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:20:01 UTC.

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