Microplastics in Fish Study

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microplastics research

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Microplastics are widespread in seafood that people eat, study suggests

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Portland State researchers found microplastic particles in Oregon finfish and shellfish.

The study found 1,806 suspected particles across 180 of 182 individual samples.

Fibers were the most abundant, followed by fragments and films.

The researchers say the findings signal the need for both further studies to understand the mechanisms by which particles translocate into muscle tissue, which humans eat.

In another project, six catch basin filters will be installed in stormwater drains in two coastal towns to determine their efficacy in trapping microplastics from road runoff before entering waterways. Brander 's lab is collaborating on both projects as well. More information: Summer D. Traylor et al, From the ocean to our kitchen table: anthropogenic particles in the edible tissue of U.S. West Coast seafood species, Frontiers in Toxicology ( 2024 ). DOI: 10.3389 /ftox.2024.1469995 Provided by Portland State University .

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