"Microplastics Are Widespread in Seafood We Eat, Study Finds"

"Microplastics and other human-made particles are widespread in the seafood that we eat and could be damaging our health.

A recent study by scientists at Portland State University (PSU)'s Applied Coastal Ecology Lab investigated particle pollution in nine species of seafood in Oregon.

"If we are disposing of an utilizing products that release microplastics, those microplastics make their way into the environment, and are taken up by things we eat," said study author Professor Elise Granek, environmental scientist at PSU, in a statement. "What we put out into the environment ends up back on our plates.""

Hatty Willmoth reports for Newsweek January 8, 2025.