Seafood samples contain high levels of microplastics in US state, say researchers

Microplastics were detected in almost every seafood sample found off the coast of the western U.S. in a recent study. The particles were found in the edible tissue of six different species of fish.

Those included black rockfish, lingcod, Chinook salmon, Pacific herring, Pacific lamprey, and pink shrimp, according to a PSU press release. "What we put out into the environment ends up back on our plates." "There is no current evidence to suggest that seafood consumption poses an immediate danger to human health." Erica Lamberg is a contributing writer for Fox News Digital.

Specifically, the peer-reviewed study found microplastics — "tiny particles that shed from clothing, packaging and other plastic products" — in 180 out of 182 samples of seafood that were either purchased at a store or obtained from a fishing boat in Oregon, the release stated.