{"id":32222,"date":"2025-02-03T13:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/study-finds-microplastic-contamination-in-99-of-seafood-samples\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T13:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:44:19","slug":"study-finds-microplastic-contamination-in-99-of-seafood-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/study-finds-microplastic-contamination-in-99-of-seafood-samples\/","title":{"rendered":"Study finds microplastic contamination in 99% of seafood samples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/jan\/24\/sign-up-for-the-detox-your-kitchen-newsletter-your-guide-to-avoiding-chemicals-in-your-food\">Sign up for the detox your kitchen newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Microplastics contamination is widespread in seafood sampled in a recent study, adding to growing evidence of the dangerous substances\u2019 ubiquity in the nation\u2019s food system, and a growing threat to human health.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/toxicology\/articles\/10.3389\/ftox.2024.1469995\/full\">peer-reviewed study<\/a> detected microplastics in 99%, or 180 out of 182, samples of seafood either bought at the store or from a fishing boat in Oregon. The highest levels were found in shrimp.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/feb\/03\/seafood-microplastic-contamination-study\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp Sign up for the detox your kitchen newsletter Microplastics contamination is widespread in seafood sampled in a recent study, adding to growing evidence of the dangerous substances\u2019 ubiquity in the nation\u2019s food system, and a growing threat &#8230; <a title=\"Study finds microplastic contamination in 99% of seafood samples\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/study-finds-microplastic-contamination-in-99-of-seafood-samples\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Study finds microplastic contamination in 99% of seafood samples\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}