07 Mar 2023 --- Researchers from the Natural History Museum in London, UK, claim to have found evidence of a new plastic-induced fibrotic disease in seabirds named plasticosis. The scientists examined the relationship between levels of ingested plastic and the proventriculus organ – the first part of a bird’s stomach. Flesh-footed shearwaters (Ardenna carneipes), described as “an apt species to examine these impacts in an environmentally relevant manner,” were observed on Australia’s Lord Howe Island. The findings were published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.
