Microplastics Cause Significant Issues For Greece's Marine Life
ATHENS, GREECE - JULY 15: Nikoletta Digka, a researcher at Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, works in a vacuum filtration flask that will move the microplastics on to a 10-micron filter so analysis can be done on the sample on July 15, 2025 in Anavissos near Athens, Greece.Due to its densely populated coastlines, fishing , tourism, Medditerian sea is hot spot for plastic pollution .A new study has found that the overwhelming majority of protein foods such as meat and fish are contaminated with microplastics. Among the tested samples, approximately 44% of the microplastics found were in the form of fibers. An additional third of the particles were in the form of plastic fragments.(Footage by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
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