Jan
21
2013
Why are British Fish Eating Plastics?
Scientists have found tiny fragments of plastic in the digestive systems of fish pulled from the English Channel.
The discovery, by a team from Plymouth University and the UK Marine Biological Association, highlights the growing problem of plastic contamination of marine environments.
Of 504 fish examined, more than a third was found to contain small pieces of plastic less than one millimetre in size, referred to by scientists as microplastics.
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