Seal poo reveals plastic’s path in the sea

Every year, around 236,000 tonnes of microplastics (tiny fragments of plastic from broken down plastic bags, bottles and other plastic products) end up in our oceans. Researchers have long feared that these microplastics could enter the food chain, eventually being ingested by humans eating fish and other seafood. A 2017 study in the UK examining … Continue reading Seal poo reveals plastic’s path in the sea