Study finds alarming amount of microplastics in farm animal products
Results from a pilot study done by researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam established that an alarming amount of microplastics can be found in farm animal products. This included almost 80% of meat and dairy products. Commissioned by the Plastic Soup Foundation, director Maria Westerbos commented that this “raises serious concerns about the contamination of our food chain with microplastics. It is also clear that farmers are not responsible for this. It seems…