Re:First evidence of deep-sea animals ingesting microplastics
by cordite on Friday September 30, 2016 @04:06PM
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Perhaps they assume it is the same result as seagulls that eat plastic things and end up dying with a full stomach.
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Re:First evidence of deep-sea animals ingesting microplastics
by ChuckMcM on Friday September 30, 2016 @04:46PM
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But that would be an incorrect result as micro plastics in this case are inert and smaller than sand particles that are also ingested. These are not things like styrofoam chunks that block the intestines. The science questions are whether or not existing inert material handling that the organisms already do, also act on the less dense plastic particles.