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Plastic Soles: Microplastic Litter in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Solea solea from the Adriatic Sea
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Sole fish (Solea solea) from the Adriatic Sea were found with plastic debris in their gastrointestinal tracts, documenting direct ingestion of environmental plastic pollution by a commercially harvested species. This raises concerns about microplastic transfer up the food chain to human consumers of seafood.
Plastic is widely used in everyday life being one of the more versatile materials ever produced. The rising demand of plastic items to support the societal development has dramatically boosted the annual plastic production from 1.5 in the 1950s to 311 million tonnes...
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