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First microplastics discovered in common bottlenose dolphins

dolphins surface from the ocean in the foreground with wild horses on land in the background
 

In 2017, NCCOS and partners documented the first record of microplastics in North American common bottlenose dolphins.

First Record of Microplastics in North American Bottlenose Dolphins Published