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MEET THE PLASTIC-EATING BACTERIA

t least 14 million tonnes of plastic is offloaded into our oceans every year. This pollution has a severe impact on marine ecosystems and can affect human health. Once plastic enters the ocean it can suffocate and entangle animals. Microplastics are also ingested by many marine species that are both preyed upon by other species and that we catch

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