Fish Mistake Plastic Bits for Food

[Sea Save Foundation]

A new study has found that anchovies mistake plastic debris for food because it smells like it. Over 50 species of fish in the ocean have been found to ingest plastic. Scientists have found that fish that eat plastic have “reduced activity rates and weakened schooling behavior, as well as compromised liver function.” That doesn’t bode well for humans, who bioaccumulate the plastic in the fish and seafood that they eat. By 2050 the ocean is predicted to have more plastic than fish.

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