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Microplastic fibers linked to respiratory, reproductive changes in fish. Chronic exposure to microplastic fibers causes aneurysms, erosion of surface layers and other serious damage to fish gills, and increases egg production in female fish, a sign that chemicals in the fibers may be acting as endocrine disruptors, a new study finds. Source 4z.

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Faster-degrading plastic could promise cleaner seas. To address plastic pollution plaguing the world's seas and waterways, chemists have developed a new polymer that can degrade by ultraviolet radiation. Source 8f.

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Plastic in the deep sea: Virtually unaltered after a quarter of a century. Even in the most remote regions of the oceans plastic debris can be found. Usually it is impossible to determine how long they have been lying on the seabed. Up to now, this has also hampered attempts to estimate how long plastic degradation might take. Scientists have now examined plastic items that have verifiably been at the abyssal seabed for more than 20 years. They could not find any traces of fragmentation or even degradation. Source 4t.

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Plastics are one of the worst inventions of mankind. Why can't we use rubbers and metal like they did in the old days.

Wildlife and Plastics

Plastic flow into ocean expected to triple by 2040, action could stem tide more than 80%. A new analysis finds that without immediate and sustained action, the annual flow of plastic into the ocean could nearly triple by 2040. The study also identifies solutions that could cut this volume by more than 80% using technologies available today, if key decision-makers make system-wide changes. Source 4l.