Microplastics eaten by UK invertebrates are contaminating food chains

Plastic pollution is harming invertebrates at the bottom of the food chain, including beetles, slugs, snails and earthworms, according to a new study by the University of Sussex and the University of Exeter. More than 1 in 10 samples had fragments of plastic in their stomach, and harmful chemicals are being passed onto larger animals who feed on them.

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