{"id":214789,"date":"2019-05-14T00:52:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T00:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/?p=214789"},"modified":"2019-06-24T07:46:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T07:46:09","slug":"crustaceans-living-in-the-deepest-parts-of-the-sea-have-been-ingesting-micro-plastics-t1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/crustaceans-living-in-the-deepest-parts-of-the-sea-have-been-ingesting-micro-plastics-t1\/","title":{"rendered":"Crustaceans Living In The Deepest Parts Of The Sea Have Been Ingesting Micro Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214792\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-214792\" src=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leucothoe_incisa_2_-_Copy__41752.1478356078-400x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leucothoe_incisa_2_-_Copy__41752.1478356078-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leucothoe_incisa_2_-_Copy__41752.1478356078-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leucothoe_incisa_2_-_Copy__41752.1478356078-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leucothoe_incisa_2_-_Copy__41752.1478356078-960x686.jpg 960w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leucothoe_incisa_2_-_Copy__41752.1478356078-640x457.jpg 640w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leucothoe_incisa_2_-_Copy__41752.1478356078-255x182.jpg 255w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leucothoe_incisa_2_-_Copy__41752.1478356078.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It has been discovered that the marine life living in the deepest part of the earth\u2019s oceans have in one way, or the other, consumed micro plastics.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Newcastle University scientists have been doing research about the guts of amphipods, which are crustaceans of shrimp-like form of over 9,900 species found in the world. They collected samples from six different deep trenches ranging from 23,000 &#8211; 36,000 feet (7,000 &#8211; 11,000 meters) deep all located along the pacific rim such as in Peru, Chile and Japan. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><span style='text-align:center; font-size:12px; color:#777;'>Advertisement<\/span><center><!-- TA_MOB_G1_BTF3_300x250 t4\/2+ fb (content) --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_MOB_G1_BTF3_300x250'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n} else { document.write('<div id=\\'wi-194906\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-194906').closest('.side-widget').hide();\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) {document.write('<div id=\\'wi-193994\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-193994').closest('.side-widget').hide(); \n} else { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><span style='text-align:center; font-size:12px; color:#777;'>Advertisement<\/span><center><!--TA_G1_BTF1_728V in content --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_G1_BTF1_728V'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214793\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-214793\" src=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Microvezel-in-vlokreeft-in-Mariana-Trench-Newcastle-University-400x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Microvezel-in-vlokreeft-in-Mariana-Trench-Newcastle-University-400x229.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Microvezel-in-vlokreeft-in-Mariana-Trench-Newcastle-University-255x146.jpg 255w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Microvezel-in-vlokreeft-in-Mariana-Trench-Newcastle-University.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: https:\/\/www.plasticsoupfoundation.org\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>72% of all amphipods studied contained at least one micro particle in their bodies from plastics, synthetic materials, or natural fibers. In the Marianas Trench, which is the deepest part of the ocean, absolutely all amphipods that were studied was claimed to have ingested plastic.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have claimed that all these micro plastics that were found in deep sea creatures are passed on to the other organisms higher up in the food chain that eat them, hence it being transferred to humans as well at some point.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) {document.write('<div id=\\'wi-194140\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-194140').closest('.side-widget').hide(); \n} else { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><center><!-- \/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream t4 --><!-- div data-outstream='inarticle'><\/div --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nif (detectWidth() < 768) { \ndocument.write(\"<div style='text-align:center;'><center><!-- \/117607917\/TA_G_1x1_outstream t4\/fb 2+ --><!-- div data-outstream='inarticle'><\/div --><div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='\/117607917\/TA_MOB_G_1x1_outstream'><\/div><\/center><\/div>\");\n} else { document.write('<div id=\\'wi-195018\\'><\/div>'); jQuery('#wi-195018').closest('.side-widget').hide();\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214794\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-214794\" src=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oceanpollutionguide_j7ydkx_rm_2400-400x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oceanpollutionguide_j7ydkx_rm_2400-400x280.jpg 400w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oceanpollutionguide_j7ydkx_rm_2400-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oceanpollutionguide_j7ydkx_rm_2400-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oceanpollutionguide_j7ydkx_rm_2400-960x672.jpg 960w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oceanpollutionguide_j7ydkx_rm_2400-640x448.jpg 640w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oceanpollutionguide_j7ydkx_rm_2400-255x178.jpg 255w, https:\/\/trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oceanpollutionguide_j7ydkx_rm_2400.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: https:\/\/assets.nrdc.org\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alan Jamieson, a Newcastle University study author said: \u201cIf you contaminate a river, it can be flushed clean. If you contaminate a coastline, it can be diluted by the tides. But, in the deepest point of the oceans, it just sits there.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since this ongoing problem of micro plastics pollution is found in the deepest of the oceans, scientists are worried that all newly discovered deep sea species will never be studied in their natural state before the contamination. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have no baseline to measure them against. Their is no data about them in their pristine state. The more you think about it, the more depressing it is,\u201d says Alan Jamieson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts?<\/em> <strong>Please comment below and share this news!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trueactivist.com\">True Activist<\/a> \/ Report a typo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been discovered that the marine life living in the deepest part of the earth\u2019s oceans have in one way, or the other, consumed micro plastics.\u00a0 Newcastle University scientists&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1819,"featured_media":214792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5805,116],"tags":[11104,1803,11103,1770,1889,11102,51,1059],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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