microplastics

If you don't want to eat microplastics, sea bass may be the way to go - New Atlas For some time now, there have been concerns that microplastic particles eaten by fish could be passed along to human seafood consumers. According to a new study, though, such may not be the case with sea bass, and...

Microplastics Have Invaded The Deep Ocean — And The Food Chain - NPR The largest habitat for life on Earth is the deep ocean. It's home to everything from jellyfish to giant bluefin tuna. But the deep ocean is being invaded by tiny pieces of plastic — plastic that people thought was mostly...

There’s just no getting away from microplastic contamination - Arstechnica And we still don’t know where a huge portion of our plastic waste even ends up. Microplastics may be having a moment in the spotlight, as the public is increasingly aware of their presence in the environment around us...

There’s just no getting away from microplastic contamination - Ars Technica And we still don’t know where a huge portion of our plastic waste even ends up. Microplastics may be having a moment in the spotlight, as the public is increasingly aware of their presence in the environment around us...

Humans, Fish and Other Animals Are Consuming Microfibers in Our Food and Water - Truth Out It’s 7:48 pm on January 8, 2018, and rain is quenching San Mateo, California’s parched suburban streets. I park my car and don my waterproof jacket and pants, yank on knee-high plastic rain boots, and...

Microplastics in Foods: A Microscopic Health Concern? - Food Insight Are microplastics just really tiny pieces of plastic? Yes! As the name implies, microplastics are small pieces or fibers of plastic that range from roughly the size of a garden ant all the way down to one micrometer (think...