• Question: have you ever encountered animals hurt by microplastics?

    Asked by wood536hour88 to Louise T on 16 Jan 2026.
    • Photo: Louise Thurston

      Louise Thurston answered on 16 Jan 2026:

      Unfortunately, yes I have.
      Pretty much any aquatic animal you look at in the wild or dissect in the lab will have some form of microplastic in their body.
      While it might not always be directly hurting them, if they have eating enough there will be chemicals in the plastic that are impacting their body functions over time.

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