Actually, the research agenda in Canada is quite strong at the moment in studying microplastics from both a health and environmental point of view. We are collaborating on a project at the University of Waterloo looking at the Grand River watershed, for example, and trying to identify and quantify the pathways and the amounts of microplastics in that watershed.
Canada is largely on the right track. Should there be more money going to research on plastics, the impact of plastics pollution and how to avoid plastics pollution? Absolutely. In terms of funding the right types of research right now, including on the human health impacts of microplastics, for sure there needs to be more money, but we're on the right track.