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Plastic Pollution May Seem To Be Spreading From Marine Life To Land Animals. A Recent Study Has Indicated That Certain Flying Insects, Like Mosquitoes, From The Larvae Stage, Are Able To Ingest Microplastics. These Insects May Then Transmit The Plastic Up The Food Chain As They Are Being Fed Upon. More Scary Stuff!
Flying insects could carry microplastics through air, study finds – CNNMicroplastics could be contaminating new environments via flying insects that eat them in polluted waters and carry them through the air, new research shows.