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Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots

4 July 2023

Location trackers show migratory seabirds spend much of their time looking for food near ocean garbage patches, highlighting the need for action on pollution
Seagull eggs in the UK have been contaminated with plastic additives

Seagull eggs in the UK have been contaminated with plastic additives

16 June 2021

Phthalates – a group of chemicals added to plastics to keep them flexible – have been found in newly laid herring gull eggs in Cornwall, UK

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