High levels of microplastics have been detected in fish from the Mediterranean Sea

In a fresh study, Italian, Albanian and Montenegrin experts monitored varieties of fish and cephalopod molluscs living in the Mediterranean Sea for cadmium, microplastics and antibiotics in their bodies.

In the waters of Castro Bay, increased concentration of plastic particles not exceeding 5 millimetres in size was observed in fish Sparus aurata and Dicentrarchus labrax. Cephalopods are also affected by cadmium.