A new study out of Dalhousie University has found microplastics in the meat of lobsters caught off the coast of Nova Scotia.

The researchers from Dalhousie's School for Resource and Environmental Studies collected 16 lobsters from four different areas of the province in 2022.

They then tested the edible portions of the tails using a special dye that makes microplastics glow when placed under a microscope.

Each of the 16 lobsters that were analyzed was found to contain various forms of microplastics, averaging six to seven microplastic particles per gram of meat.

Amber LeBlanc is the lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Regional Studies in Marine Science last week.

“I wasn't too surprised to learn that there were microplastics present,” said LeBlanc, who was a

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