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。

Microplastics are very small pieces of plastic.

微塑料是非常小的塑料碎片。

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。

Microplastics, plastics in general, are being an increasing problem-they're everywhere.

微塑料，大体上是塑料，正在成为一个越来越严峻的问题——它们无处不在。

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。

Microplastics are particles of plastic debris that are less than 5 millimeters long.

微塑料指的是长度小于5毫米的塑料碎片颗粒。

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。

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。

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。