Up till now it was unknown to researchers whether ingested plastic transfers chemical additives or pollutants to wildlife. However, a new study has shown that toxic concentrations of pollutants and additives enter the tissue of animals that have eaten microplastic. Lead author Mark Anthony Browne, a postdoctoral fellow at NCEAS, had two objectives when the study commenced: to look at whether chemicals from microplastic move into the tissues of organisms; and to ...
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