Mussels Sold in Grocery Stores Around the World Contain Microplastic Particles

December 18, 2020 Yale School of the Environment

Scientists have found microplastic in all of the most-consumed mussel species around the world. One gram of mussel meat purchased from a grocery store contains between 0.13 and 2.45 microplastic particles, according to a new study, with organisms harvested in the North Atlantic and South Pacific the most contaminated.