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 ...

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.

Researchers have found widespread microplastic contamination in seafood samples increasing the growing evidence of the ...

Scientists say microplastics are unavoidable, but can we limit our exposure to these potentially harmful plastic particles?

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 ...

Fish also suffer harmful effects from eating microplastics. Microplastics can damage their intestines, gills, and brain among ...

However, because of its small size, specifically less than five millimeters, the presence of microplastics in our environment ...

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

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 ...