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Plastic in food chain

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Advocacy, Animals, Health, Lifecycle, Material, Microplastics, Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Plastic Pollution, Pollutants, Toxic Chemicals

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Toxic microplastic particles exist in plants and animals’ bodies—including our human bodies. Learn more about the health and environmental effects of microplastic in the food chain in the Plastic Soup Foundation’s “Plastic in Food Chain” online report.

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