If you are fond of eating prawns and sardines, crabs and oysters, chances are, you are eating plenty of plastic along with them. New research from Australia took these popular choices of seafood and found traces of plastic in every sample tested. The study — by the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland […]
Plastic Is Killing Sea Turtles
Plastic use threatens sea turtles and other marine life with extinction, study finds Sea Turtles represent one of the most highly threatened groups of wildlife in today’s world. Pollution, bycatch, destruction of nesting habitat and hunting have served to make 4 of the 7 extant species highly threatened. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, […]
Why Do Sea Birds Eat Plastic Debris?