New detection method allows study of microplastics in farmed insects

The discovery moves researchers one step closer to determining whether insects reared on food waste can be fed to animals, scientists say.

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Researchers from Wageningen University say they are one step closer to evaluating the safety of feeding insects reared on household food waste to animals following the development of a technique for measuring microplastics in insect meal.

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