Southern California researchers found plastic in nearly 1 in 10 small fish collected in the Pacific Ocean in the latest study to call attention to floating marine debris entering the food chain.
The study published this week by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego estimated that fish in the middle depths of the northern Pacific Ocean are ingesting as much as 24,000 tons of plastic each year.
Fish Ingesting Plastic Waste, Study Finds
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Genetically modified food labels don't sit well in U.S. An agreement that some consumer activists say opens the door for labeling probably won't have much effect in the U.S. Some scientists say that's a good thing.
A Q&A on genetically-modified foods
An Aggressive Ruling on Clean Air
12 Signs That The World Is Running Out Of Food
Why Whales? On learning from nature and the Endangered Species Act\
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