Sami Michishita in lab (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Sami Michishita in lab

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Microplastics recovered from the digestive tracts of 23% of the common murres exhibited estrogenic activity in laboratory tests. Here, UCSC graduate student Sami Michishita prepares microplastics for testing.

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