In a paper published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers at Kyushu University report on what happens when wharf roaches, a common shoreline scavenger, eat expanded polystyrene (EPS). Roaches that fed on EPS showed no significant reduction in lifespan, but their guts displayed a...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-shoreline-scavenger-biological-effects-plastic.html)