Ocean's Silent Plastic Invasion: Marine Mammals Now Carry Microplastics Within

Research suggests that microplastics, once ingested, move into the fat and internal organs of whales. Microscopic plastic remnants have been detected in the blubber and lungs of over 65% of the marine mammals examined in a graduate student’s investigation into ocean microplastics. The discovery of

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