A peer-reviewed study published by scientists from Portland State University and Oregon State University found the presence ...

It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded... Read Story ...

So far science lacks evidence that microplastics—pieces smaller than one-fifth of an inch—are affecting fish at the population level. Our food supply doesn’t seem to be under threat—at ...

non-nutritious particles," said microplastics researcher and study co-author Elise Granek in the release. "Shrimp and small fish, like herring, are eating smaller food items like zooplankton.

It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded in the diets and cultures of Indigenous people in the region. But it ...

Most humans ingest a significant amount of microplastic and even nanoplastic particles through food, particularly through the consumption of fish and other seafood. To date, microplastics have ...

A new study in the journal Frontiers in Toxicology found that microplastics in the fish we consume are far more widespread than you may think. In late December, researchers from Portland State ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

This study sampled five types of fin fish and pink shrimp as well. They found that microplastics can travel from gills or mouths to meat that humans consume. Lingcod purchased from the store ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine mammals species they’ve studied so far, and new results show passage ...