How about plastic for dinner? It is showing up in mussels from the Arctic to China, and ending up on our plates

While some moules et frites (mussels and fries) sounds delicious, the dish probably wouldn’t be as appetizing if every other bite had plastic in it. According to a recent study, mussels from the European Arctic to China are contaminated with “tiny bits of plastic.”  Mussels in Arctic waters contain the most plastic of all specimens tested along the Norwegian coast, according to the researchers. This alarming discovery emphasizes that ocean pollution is spreading globally, and may even end up on our dinner plates.
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