Event
Tea and Science: MPs (Microplastics) and us
Sunday, March 10, 2019 03:00to04:30
Redpath Museum
In Room 106, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price:
Fee: $7 (+ taxes). Payable at the entrance.
What do we know about microplastics in our ecosystem听and how does it affect life?
By Genevieve D'Avignon (Invasive Species Lab, Redpath Museum)听
Find out how MPs are affecting our world. They exist in mussels from the St. Lawrence, in our soaps and cleansers,听 and in our fleece jackets. This hands-on workshop will let you work with the ecologist to听filter out fibres and extract MPs from water and soap and then find out what the contamination levels mean.听
Tea and snacks will be provided by the Redpath Museum Society. Bilingual / bilingue. Fee/Entr茅e : $7 (+ taxes). Payable at the entrance.
Suitable for ages 8 and up. Check here for a 听听
Everyone welcome / Bienvenue 脿 tous. Reserve in advance: office.museum [at] mcgill.ca
IMAGE: Studying MPs (microplastics) with a microscope. Invasive Species听lab. Redpath Museum.听
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