KPIX CBS Overnight News July 13, 2024
But around 8 million tons of it end up in the ocean where its consumed by ocean life and eventually passed on to humans. Before dawn on the oregon coast, marine biologists are on the hunt for whats nearly impossible to find. Micro plastics 5 millimeters or even smaller. Here, the tide pools are covered with mussels and welts a ths je reporter pure ocean water flows through these shell fish, but micro plastics get stuck. Were seeing on average a couple of pieces of suspected plastic in each, in each animal. Reporter branders lab at Oregon State University is part of a worldwide micro Plastics R...