Assertion: plastic | /r/CapableOf | release toxic substances
Facets:
value: into the water
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: potentially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In the first study to look at what happens over the years to the billions of pounds of plastic waste drifting in the world’s oceans, researchers, lead by Katsuhiko Saido, PhD, reported that plastic does “decompose with surprising speed (as little as a year) and release potentially toxic substances into the water.