Hardman does research on microplastics — tiny pieces of plastic debris that are broken down from larger plastic items.
Microplastics are often too small to pick up or even notice, but they are everywhere: in the air, dust, and rain.
Laura HardmanPlastic is a relatively new pollutant, so there's still a lot we don't know about it.
In the lab, my team of researchers and I focus on the sources, effects, and fate of plastics in the ocean.
The simple answer is we don't know what plastics might be doing to us, but I've started to get really concerned.