Chronic exposure to environmental pollution linked to plasticosis, a disease caused by ingestion of plastic particles

(Natural News) There is now so much plastic pollution littering the environment that scientists have come up with a new disease classification to describe its profoundly negative impact on wildlife: plasticosis. For their research, Dr. Alex Bond from the United Kingdom’s Natural History Museum and Dr. Jennifer Lavers evaluated Flesh-footed Shearwaters from Australia’s Lord Howe…