A recent study has revealed surprising results about the source of microplastic pollutants in the world's oceans.<br /><br />The study indicates that water in washing machines contain around 2,000 microparticles of plastics.<br /><br />But, these microplastics are thought to release chemicals and to join the food chain when it enters the bloodstream and then the body of marine life - which may then find its way into dinner plates.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazely reports from Doha.