July 3, 2025 — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched a four-year coordinated research project to study microplastics in seafood.
Microplastics – microscopic pieces of plastic waste from a range of sources – have been a significant topic for the seafood industry as more research emerges about the near ubiquitous presence of the form of pollution in food. Studies have found microplastics in a range of seafood products, including a study that found contaminants in oysters in the eastern Andaman Sea of Myanmar and another that found microplastics in nearly all tested seafood samples on the U.S. West Coast.