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Microplastics discovered in Caddy’s free casings since the 1970s suggest long-term contamination

The casing of the Ironoquia Dubia (RMNH.INS.1544419) was collected on May 18, 1971 in Lornen, Netherlands. Credit: Science of Total Environment (2025). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178947 A team of biologists working at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a Dutch research museum, have discovered evidence of using Caddisisplastics with microplastics back to the 1970s. In their study, a group reported in the journal Science…