Spanish Oceanographers Shout in the Sky: Find Microplastics in 100% of the Blue Crab Samples in the Minor Sea

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A team from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, affiliated to the CSIC, has confirmed that 100% of the blue crab specimens analyzed in the Mar Menor contain microplastics in their organism. The finding, coordinated by the Oceanographic Centre of Vigo and published in the Regional Studies in Marine Science magazine, finds these particles not only in the digestive system of the animal, but also in the muscle tissue, the part that is directly de…