'You might be thinking that it doesn't matter if I eat it anyway, so what,' the scientist from One Min Micro explained.

'But researchers have found microplastics accumulating in important organs such as your kidneys and there is concern for the toxicity of these chemicals, as well as their physical presence as they're just not degrading.
'So we don't know what the long term health impact will look like.'

He told Daily Mail Australia the results were based on the findings of just one brand and stressed that it may not represent other processed fish products.