Plastic Nile: Three-quarters of fish studied contain microplastics in world's longest river

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Sky News has carried out scientific research into plastic pollution in the River Nile, focusing on plastic found inside fish guts.

Dr Khan has extensive experience and oversaw all the research, working with a small team across two continents. His team collected samples of two of the Nile River's most common fish - the Nile tilapia and catfish - from Dahab Island in the centre of the Egyptian capital, Cairo.The initial research was carried out secretly in hidden labs in Egypt.

Some of the plastics were of sufficient size so they could be seen by the naked eye. This led the scientists to suspect it is highly likely that a study of even finer particles would have found an even higher degree of plastic pollution in the fish guts. "Which could have a knock-on effect on, for example, feeding behaviour and nutrient uptake. This in turn could affect growth and reproduction, and therefore the fish population itself."

 

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😢 traveled the Nile in ‘91 no pollution at at all then.

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