29/06/2022
The adult population consumes an average of about 8,100 microplastics every year in molluscs
A study by the URV research group TecnAtox has detected 1,460 microplastics en 2,300 molluscs collected by producers along the Catalan coastline. From these data, they have calculated that the mean annual consumption of microplastics is about 8,100. Oysters and mussels contain the most microplastics, mainly fibres