Scientists raise concerns after making alarming discovery in online shopping trends: 'People were shocked'

Scientists raise concerns after making alarming discovery in online shopping trends: 'People were shocked'

Online shopping became a necessity overnight in the early days of the pandemic, a convenient habit that retained its allure after in-person commerce resumed. Much in the way internet shopping quietly evolved from "option" to "load-bearing shortcut," the University of Portsmouth reported that its researchers recently identified another creeping consumer behavior in recent years: "plastic blindness." What's happening? If someone asked an average p…