Scary Numbers: Oregon Gray Whale Poop-Prey Research Shows Extent Microplastics Polluting Our Waters, Marine Life (Fish)

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Oregon State University researchers estimate that gray whales feeding off the Oregon Coast consume up to 21 million microparticles per day, a finding informed in part by poop from the whales.

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