Bits of collected plastic (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Bits of collected plastic

Caption

These bits of plastics were found to be eaten by southern giant petrels in Patagonia. A study from UC Davis and CONICET detected plastic in more than 71% of petrel chicks sampled and found that even small amounts of plastics spurred health changes.

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Luciana Gallo/CONICET

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