Mumbai/Pune: Plastic pollution is no longer limited to marine ecosystems. An ongoing doctoral study at MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Pune, has detected microplastics in freshwater fish commonly consumed in the city, highlighting the need for greater understanding of how plastic pollution moves through freshwater ecosystems and enters the food chain. The research is being conducted by Simran Singh, PhD Scholar, Department of Environmental Studies, MIT-WPU, under the guidance of Dr. Soma Mishra. The study is funded through the MIT World Peace University Seed Grant and focuses on comme