First evidence of microplastic inhalation among free-ranging small cetaceans (IMAGE)

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First evidence of microplastic inhalation among free-ranging small cetaceans

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Exhaled breath is collected from a wild bottlenose dolphin during a health assessment conducted by the National Marine Mammal Foundation and partners in Barataria Bay, LA.

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Todd Speakman/National Marine Mammal Foundation. Bottlenose dolphin health assessments were conducted under MMPA/ESA Permit No. 18786-03 in 2018 and MMPA/ESA Permit No. 24359 in 2023, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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