Plastic Pollution Invades the Rainforest Food Chain

Polyester microplastic fibers have been widely detected in the bodies of frog tadpoles in the Amazon’s pristine interior. These pollutants primarily enter the most remote waters of the rainforest via waterways, carried by plastic waste discarded during inland waterway shipping, plastic particulate matter transported by atmospheric circulation, and domestic wastewater discharged from riverside towns. This demonstrates that plastic pollution has fully infiltrated the rainforest’s lower trophic levels, leading to a decline in the reproductive capacity of native amphibian species and a comprehensive disruption of the rainforest’s entire ecological chain.