Plastic isn’t food, but fish seem to eat it anyway—to the confusion of many researchers. As the 9.5 billion tons of plastic the world has produced since the 1950s makes its way into the world ...

New research shows just how many fish are eating plastic Plastic consumption by fish is rising — and is poised only to continue to do so. By Tara Lohan. Published March 18, 2021 5:36PM (EDT) ...

Hundreds of fish species, including many that humans eat, are consuming plastic Published: February 9, 2021 3:13pm EST Alexandra McInturf , University of California, Davis , Matthew Savoca ...

Fish can absorb toxic chemicals that have been dumped into waterways, but they can also get them from eating plastic. And there's a lot of plastic in the open ocean, which scientists say can act ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. As an agrarian civilization, almost all of what humans eat is farmed — with the notable exception of seafood.Aside from some farmed fish, most seafood we consume is ...

Young fish become hooked on eating plastic in the seas in the same way that teenagers prefer unhealthy fast food, Swedish researchers have said. Their study, reported in Science,, external found ...

Fish nurseries on the ocean's surface are home to more plastic than fish, and the fish are eating it. by Nina Pullano. November 11, 2019. Jonathan Whitney, NOAA Fisheries.

Baby fish have started eating plastic. We haven’t yet seen the consequences. Newborn fish are mistaking tiny bits of trash for food. If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could ...

Removing a fish’s entrails before serving it up appeared to eliminate the risk of eating plastic. But recent research suggests that these tiny bits of plastic move into fish flesh .

It’s become an all-too-common variety of news story: Dead whales whose digestive systems are clogged with plastic. Increasing numbers of seabirds eating plastic, often with dire consequences. Ditto ...

“Around 2,000 waxworms can break down an entire polyethylene bag in as little as 24 hours, although we believe that ...