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@pnas.org study provides a quantitative risk assessment framework for mortality due to macroplastic ingestion in seabirds,marine mammals & sea turtles.
6 to 405 pieces of ingested
#plastic (or volume of 0.044-39.89 cm3/cm length) lead to a 90% chance of mortality.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A quantitative risk assessment framework for mortality due to macroplastic ingestion in seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles | PNAS
Plastic ingestion has been documented in nearly 1,300 marine species, including every
seabird family, marine mammal family, and sea turtle species....
