People
who
eat
____________________
may
be
also
eating
tiny
pieces
of
____________________
.
The
small
pieces
of
plastic
are
called
____________________
.
They
are
tiny
pieces
of
plastic
from
the
waste
and
____________________
that
are
in
the
seas
and
oceans
.
They
are
____________________
less
than
a
millimeter
wide
.
They
are
becoming
more
and
more
common
in
seafood
such
as
____________________
and
mussels
as
well
as
other
kinds
of
____________________
.
Scientists
say
there
are
more
than
five
trillion
____________________
of
microplastic
in
our
oceans
.
More
and
____________________
are
being
added
every
day
.
____________________
Richard
Thompson
,
a
marine
____________________
at
Exeter
University
,
said
:
"
Hundreds
of
____________________
organisms
encounter
plastic
at
the
sea
surface
or
in
the
water
?
and
many
of
those
encounters
are
harmful
if
not
fatal
.
"
Researchers
from
the
University
of
Ghent
in
Belgium
____________________
a
study
into
microplastics
and
marine
life
.
They
believe
people
eat
up
to
11
,
000
pieces
of
plastic
in
their
food
each
year
.
The
____________________
said
that
only
around
60
of
these
pieces
stay
in
our
body
and
the
rest
will
disappear
down
the
____________________
.
Sixty
pieces
of
microplastic
may
not
seem
a
lot
but
it
will
build
up
over
time
.
They
could
eventually
be
bad
for
our
____________________
.
Things
are
likely
to
get
____________________
.
The
researchers
added
that
by
the
end
of
the
century
,
____________________
eaters
could
consume
as
many
as
780
,
000
pieces
of
plastic
a
year
.
That
is
likely
to
cause
many
health
problems
.
Scientists
say
we
need
to
____________________
more
and
find
____________________
to
plastic
.
