Yes, the zooplankton – tiny little animals in the sea – mistake the microplastics for food and eat them.

是的，浮游动物，即海洋里微小的动物，错把塑胶微粒当作食物吃掉。

One of the substances jellyfish mucus absorbs are the particles that make up microplastics.

水母产生的黏液所吸附的物质之一是构成微塑料的塑料颗粒。

And so they create what we call microplastics.

然后，他们创造了我们所谓的塑料微粒。

But we start with microplastics and other data sensors.

但我们从微塑料和其他数据传感器开始。

How to stop microplastics getting into your body?

如何减少微塑料的摄入？

Passed a law to ban microplastics from cosmetics and cotton buds.

通过了一项法律，禁止化妆品和棉签中添加微塑料。

As a result of plastic pollution here in lake Maracaibo, many fish consume small bits of plastic called microplastics.

由于马拉开波湖的塑料污染，许多鱼吃进了被称为“微塑料”的塑料碎片。

The study demonstrates the different reasons baleen whales may be at a heightened risk for taking in microplastics.

这项研究证明了须鲸摄入微塑料风险增加的不同原因。

Scientists have identified the highest levels of microplastics ever recorded on the seafloor.

科学家发现了海底有记录以来的最高水平的微塑料。

It created a new method to remove microplastics from the water, using magnets.

发明了一种利用磁铁从水中去除微塑料的新方法。

He said that microplastics did not appear to be a health worry for now.

他说，目前看来，微塑料似乎还不会构成健康威胁。

The possible health effects on whales from eating microplastics are still not well understood.

人们对摄入微塑料对鲸鱼健康可能产生的影响仍不甚了解。

Their missions include monitoring new pollutants like microplastics and drifting garbage in the Antarctic Ocean.

他们的任务包括监测微塑料和南极海洋漂浮垃圾等新型污染物。

Plastic gets into the marine environment. It breaks down into tiny little pieces called microplastics.

塑料会进入海洋环境中，然后分解成塑料微粒。

Still, they say questions remain about the possible health effects of microplastics.

不过，他们表示，微塑料可能对健康产生的影响仍然存在疑问。

When it's washed, it releases microplastics into the ocean, into the food chain, into us.

当它被洗涤时，会释放塑料微粒进入海洋，进入食物链、进入我们体内。

They say we eat a credit card's worth of plastic every week with the microplastics.

据说我们每周吃掉的塑料微粒相当于一张信用卡的塑料。

Scientific study has discovered microplastics in human body tissues also, including the heart, liver and kidneys.

科学研究还发现，人体组织中也存在微塑料，包括我们的心脏、肝脏和肾脏。

Scientists are still trying to answer the question of how harmful microplastics might be.

科学家们仍在试图回答微塑料的危害程度。

This analysis helped them figure out the baseline amount of microplastics that people are consuming every year.

这一分析帮助他们算出人们每年消耗的微塑料的基本量。