GoKawiilBlood of wild Brazilian tapirs and anteaters contains microplastics, study finds
A study published November 11 in Nature analyzed blood from 47 wild animals in Brazil—26 lowland tapirs and 21 giant anteaters—and detected microplastic particles in all of them, averaging about 74 particles per milliliter, comparable to levels found in humans. Animals living closer to waste facilities and human infrastructure had higher concentrations, but even those more than 100 kilometers from waste sites still carried measurable plastic traces.