In Amazon rivers, fish breathe and ingest plastics

Mongabay
Aug 10, 2026, 6:36 am97 ptsTrending
This is the second story in a special three-part series on microplastics in the Amazon. Read the first part here. MANAUS, Brazil — In Amazonian waters, the pirarucu lives between two worlds. In the oxygen-depleted waters typical of floodplain lakes, this giant fish rises to the surface to breathe air. Over an…

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