CBC Manitoba: You could be eating up to 12 times more microplastics from fish

Fillets from fish caught along Toronto’s waterfront have up to 12 times more microplastics per serving than some common store-bought alternatives, newly published research suggests. 

While scientists are still trying to uncover whether microplastics pose a direct risk to human health, the study co-authored by researchers at the University of  Manitoba and Toronto and Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment offers a look at how car tires and other plastics are degrading into minuscule pieces and ending up in fish — and onto the dinner table. 

To listen to the full interview with Madeleine Milne, researcher and graduate student at the University of Manitoba, please visit CBC Manitoba.