Researchers in the United States have discovered microplastic particles in the breath of wild bottlenose dolphins, indicating that these animals might be inhaling plastic contaminants, which could be harmful. This finding was reported by Miranda Dziobak and her team from the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
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We have sewn the seeds of our own destruction.
No one in particular. We did it as a group.
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Wait, so dolphins have been to blame for microplastics all long?
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Researchers in the United States have discovered microplastic particles in the breath of wild bottlenose dolphins, indicating that these animals might be inhaling plastic contaminants, which could be harmful. This finding was reported by Miranda Dziobak and her team from the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
We have sewn the seeds of our own destruction.
No one in particular. We did it as a group.
Wait, so dolphins have been to blame for microplastics all long?