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The effect of plastic products on marine life
Large quantities of plastic (mostly from land) are thrown into
the marine environment every year.
Plastics are very harmful as they are toxic and sharp.
Plastics get broken into microplastics.
Whales, sea turtles, seabirds and fish can’t differentiate between
real food and plastic.
Sea turtles Coral reefs
It can't When it filters
differentia the sea to get
te between their food, they
a jellyfish
and plastic. ingest the
microplastics.
? People can recycle the plastic products instead of
throwing them in the sea.
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