Microplastics in over 75% of pet food, study finds

Researchers say certain brands and kinds of cat and dog food have more microplastics than others.
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Plastic found in deepest ocean animals

Animals living in the deepest ocean trenches have been found with plastic fragments in their gut, according to new research published Wednesday showing how manmade pollution reaches into the bowels of ...
The New York Times

How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers.

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...
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How Plastic Pollution Is Pushing Oceans and Marine Animals Toward Collapse

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...
Los Angeles Times

How little plastic does it take to kill marine animals? Scientists have answers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea ...

'In our food, our water, even our blood' — and the world still can't quit plastic

There is one material that pervades modern life more widely and in more forms than any other — and is simultaneously regarded ...
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Jumbo problem: Sri Lanka’s battle with plastic pollution

In this picture taken on June 3, 2023, a wild elephant eats rubbish mixed with plastic waste at a dump in Ampara, Sri Lanka – Copyright AFP ISAAC LAWRENCE Heart ...

'It's easier to find where it isn't used': How plastic became humanity's worst invention

One material has become more widely and diversely used than any other in modern life — and is simultaneously regarded as the ...