BLACKSBURG, Va., April 20 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Microplastics are now found almost everywhere - in our environment, drinking water, and increasingly, in the food we eat.
But detecting them in seafood is a slow, labor-intensive process that involves dissolving the fish with chemicals and examining the remaining debris piece by piece under a microscope. That makes routine monitoring for microplastics impractical for the seafood industry.
A new study led by Virginia Tech scientists points to a better way. Using hyperspectral imaging and artificial intelligence (AI), the researchers detected tiny plastic particles directly on the surface of fish with 95 percent accuracy. The...