Plastic microfibers found for first time in wild animals’ stool, from S. A. fur seals

Saturday, November 10, 2018 - 15:10 in Biology & Nature

For the first time, plastic microfibers have been discovered in wild animals’ stool, from South American fur seals. The findings were made by a team of Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Georgia, who suggest examining scat from pinnipeds can be an efficient way to monitor environmental levels of microfibers and microplastics in […]

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