Gabriella Campos Photographs For The New York Times "What Are Microplastics Doing to Our Bodies? This Lab Is Racing to Find Out"

 The New York Times

April 8, 2025

“It’s one thing to see a picture,” Dr. Garcia said, looking at a video he shot on his phone. “To see it when we were there, it just opens your eyes,” he added. Every imaginable use for plastic — takeout containers, bleach bottles, cigarettes, plastic bags and even lab equipment — seemed to be represented on that beach and in the ocean that stretched beyond it. And every day, it was breaking down, getting smaller and smaller.

One day, some of it could end up in us.

Photographs by Gabriela Campos