In Just Hours, Sea Scallops Suck Up Billions of Microscopic Plastic Bits

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By Lacy Schley
Dec 3, 2018 11:47 PMMay 17, 2019 9:27 PM
sea scallops plastic pollution
Scientists exposed scallops, a popular seafood, to tiny bits of plastic and watched how fast they sucked up the pollutants. (Credit: Zigzag Mountain Art/shutterstock)

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Plastic is in just about everything these days, including living, breathing creatures, from sea critters to people. Environmental waste and litter breaks down into tiny, microscopic particles. Those particles can then seep into water supplies and subsequently work their way into just about anything. That includes plastics in the seafood we eat.

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