From Ocean to Plate: Microplastics, Canadian Food and Health Our Co-Founder, Dr. Sarika Kumari, had the opportunity to present BioLabMate’s work at the Food Forward Summit, highlighting our development of seaweed-derived bioplastics and the role sustainable materials can play in reducing reliance on conventional single-use plastics. Every Nova Scotia lobster tested in a 2025 Dalhousie study contained microplastics, about 6 to 7 particles per gram of meat.Nova Scotia mussels a