Plastic Harms Seabird Chicks

This is a news story, published by Guardian, that relates primarily to the University of Tasmania news.

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Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows

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Scientists from the University of Tasmania examined dozens of sable shearwater chicks.

Many had mistakenly been fed plastic waste by their parents and built up high levels of plastic in their stomachs.

Blood tests indicated that the plastic pollution had left the chicks with severe health issues, including decay of the stomach lining and neurodegeneration.

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