A new study has revealed that pollutants like microplastics might be causing growth defects like skeletal deformities in the fishes of the Cauvery river.
The study has been published in the journal named Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.
Upendra Nongthomba of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, has led this study.
The first author of the study is Abass Toba Anifowoshe, a Ph.D. student in Nongthomba’s lab.