Microfibres found in virtually all seafood tested

PORTLAND - Microfibres were found in 180 of 182 samples of seafood tested by researchers on the west coast of the US with more than 80% of it coming from textiles - much of it from treated cellulosic fibres such as dyed cotton.

Scientists at Portland State University and Oregon State University identified microfibres in the edible tissue of black rockfish, lingcod, Chinook salmon, Pacific herring, Pacific lamprey and pink shrimp.