Director, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town
Although I am primarily an ornithologist, my MSc research in the 1980s was on the impacts of plastic ingestion on seabirds. I have retained an interest in plastics in the oceans since then.
Plastic poses a major environmental threat: but is it being over-stated?
Jul 12, 2019 09:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
There is no doubt that plastic affects the environment badly. But a trend has developed in the reporting on the impact of plastics thats not only selective but also borders on panic mongering rather than impartial analysis...
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