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    What happens when a shoreline scavenger consumes microplastics?

    2026-09-07T11:31:00Z

    Researchers report on what happens when wharf roaches, a common shoreline scavenger, eat expanded polystyrene (EPS). Analysis of the wharf roach gut microbiome showed little change, but several rare microbes were found only in the EPS-fed specimens.