Up to 90% of seabirds have plastic in their guts, study finds

Birds are eating 'astronomical' amount of marine debris they mistake for fish eggs, with the biggest problem areas near Australia and New Zealand

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As many as nine out of 10 of the world's seabirds are likely to have pieces of plastic in their guts, a new study estimates.