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Seafood unfairly singled out in microplastics debate

Plastic washed ashore on a beach credit Nina Wootton

Seafood has received disproportionate attention in media coverage about microplastics, despite evidence that fish and shellfish are not the main source of human exposure, according to a new scientific review.

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Fishing for solutions to the plastic problem

Researcher Nina Wootton and examples of some of the microplastics that can be found in fish.

A University of Adelaide study shows industry players are open to measures to reduce plastics in seafood – but first they have to understand the problem.

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