Are Microplastics in Seafood a Cancer Risk?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2019-04-29

Plastic particles may exacerbate the pollutant contamination of fish.

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This is the 2nd in a three-video series. If you missed the previous one, check out Microplastic Contamination and Seafood Safety (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/microplastic-contamination-and-seafood-safety). Stay tuned for How Much Microplastic Is Found in Fish Fillets? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-microplastic-is-found-in-fish-fillets).

As I mentioned, BPA isn’t the only plastics chemical to worry about. A few years ago I did a whole series on industrial pollutants. Here are a few of those videos: 
• CDC Report on Environmental Chemical Exposure (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/%ef%bb%bfcdc-report-on-environmental-chemical-exposure/)
• Pollutants in Californian Breast Tissue (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/pollutants-in-californian-breast-tissue/)
• Food Sources of Flame-Retardant Chemicals (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-flame-retardant-chemicals/)
• How Fast Can Children Detoxify from PCBs? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-fast-can-children-detoxify-from-pcbs/)
• Food Sources of Perfluorochemicals (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-perfluorochemicals/)

And some more recent ones:
• Diabetes and Dioxins (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diabetes-and-dioxins/)
• Pollutants in Salmon and Our Own Fat (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/pollutants-in-salmon-and-our-own-fat/)
• PCBs in Children’s Fish Oil Supplements (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/pcbs-in-childrens-fish-oil-supplements/)
• Dietary Pollutants May Affect Testosterone Levels (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-pollutants-may-affect-testosterone-levels/)
• Flame Retardant Pollutants and Child Development (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flame-retardant-pollutants-and-child-development/)

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