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|title=Environment-Plastics== | |title=Environment-Plastics== | ||
=====Bellies full of microplastic rob baby fish of their basic instincts===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/microplastics-rob-baby-fish-of-their-basic-fear-instincts by Nsikan Akpan 6/6/16 PBS NEWS] | |||
When exposed to microplastics, baby fish stop eating natural food and prefer consuming the pollutant, according to a report from ecologists at Uppsala University in Sweden. The dietary switch derails the basic instincts of the fish, the researchers found, elevating the likelihood of being caught by predators. The findings may explain why populations of European perch (Perca fluviatilis) — the main species analyzed in the study — have declined in the Baltic Sea. | |||
=====Could bringing back 19th-century wool swimsuits help reduce microplastics?===== | =====Could bringing back 19th-century wool swimsuits help reduce microplastics?===== | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/could-bringing-back-19th-century-wool-swimsuits-help-reduce-microplastics by Lorina Cramer 6/7/24 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/could-bringing-back-19th-century-wool-swimsuits-help-reduce-microplastics by Lorina Cramer 6/7/24 PBS NEWS] | ||
