'This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption can cause serious damage to these birds' digestive system,' says TheLabAndField of NHM_London. plasticosis
with researchers calling the"novel, plastic-induced fibrotic disease" plasticosis.
;“#Seabirds are suffering from a disease caused by plastic.\n\nTheir stomachs are covered in scars caused by plasticosis, which limits their ability to eat, grow and fight infection.\n\nDiscover how #PlasticPollution is taking its toll in today's #NatureNews ;��\nhttps://t.co/mGeyrQejGN;”Highly impacted by plastic ingestion, flesh-footed shearwaters are thus an apt species to examine these impacts in an environmentally relevant manner.
"While these birds can look healthy on the outside, they're not doing well on the inside," study co-author Alex Bond, who is the senior curator in charge of birds at the U.K.'s Natural History Museum in London,."This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption can cause serious damage to these birds' digestive system."that around 90% of all seabirds have ingested plastics.
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