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Seabirds that swallow ocean plastic waste have scarring in their stomachs – scientists have named this disease 'plasticosis'

  • Written by Matthew Savoca, Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University
Seabirds that swallow ocean plastic waste have scarring in their stomachs – scientists have named this disease 'plasticosis'Scientists have identified a condition they call plasticosis, caused by ingesting plastic waste, in flesh-footed shearwaters.Patrick Kavanagh/Wikipedia, CC BY

As a conservation biologist who studies plastic ingestion by marine wildlife, I can count on the same question whenever I present research: “How does plastic affect the animals that eat...

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