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Lethal dose of plastic for seabirds and marine animals ‘much smaller than expected’
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Lethal dose of plastic for seabirds and marine animals ‘much smaller than expected’
Monga Bay reported A new study looking at the impacts of plastic ingestion by seabird, sea turtles and marine mammals found that relatively small amounts of consumed plastic can be deadly. The research analyzed the necropsy results for more than 10,000 animals and quantified the amount of plastic that could prove deadly as well as the types of plastic with the biggest impact, which included synthetic rubber, soft plastics (such as plastic bags …
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