Fatal attraction: Turtles and plastic

in plastics •  6 years ago 


“Plastic rubbish in the oceans, including lost or discarded fishing gear which is not biodegradable, is a major threat to marine turtles,” says Godley.

“We found, based on beach strandings, that more than 1,000 turtles are dying a year, after becoming tangled up, but this is almost certainly a gross underestimate. Young turtles and hatchings are particularly vulnerable to entanglement.”
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/fatal-attraction-turtles-and-plastic

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