PhysiologyEnvironmental PollutionPeer-reviewed
The digestive system of a cricket pulverizes polyethylene microplastics
Marshall W. Ritchie, Jennifer Francoise Provencher, Jane E. Allison…·Heath Andrew MacMillan
This study shows that crickets can fragment ingested microplastics into smaller pieces during digestion, potentially acting as agents of plastic transformation in the environment.
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