Microplastics, the tiny plastic particles that are manufactured or broken down from larger plastic objects, are everywhere. Less than five millimetres in size, these synthetic nano-fragments find their way into the air, soil, food and water supplies. From there, we breathe in and ingest them so that even our own bodies do not escape contamination. There’s evidence that they are present in human blood, semen and breast milk — and that has potential implications for health. It sounds sci-fi-level

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This chart shows the Good environmental status (GES) of fishing stocks in the Mediterranean Sea from 2020 to 2023, by region.

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