It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded in the diets and cultures of Indigenous people in the region. But it, too, has been altered by the world’s ubiquitous plastic pollution. Scientists in Oregon have now found microplastics – particles smaller than 5 millimeters from the degradation of plastic in the environment – in salmon and several other iconic Pacific Northwest fish and seafood species. Read more at the link in our bio. 📸: Portland State University #portlandstateuniversity #psu #portlandstate #microplastics #oceanmicroplastics #theoregonian #environment