Ingested microplastics (IMAGE)

City University of Hong Kong

Ingested microplastics

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The upper image shows fluorescently dyed microplastics in the intestines of copepods after exposure. The lower image shows a copepod that has not been exposed to microplastics, with no microplastics in the intestine.

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J. Sun, et al. / DOI number: 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00748

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