16 Mar 2023 --- Scientists at the UK’s Natural History Museum have discovered a new disease in seabirds, which they believe is caused solely by plastic ingestion. Identified in a recent study, the researchers have named the condition plasticosis, which is characterized by persistent inflammation in the digestive tract. Folllowing the release of the study earlier this month, co-author Hayley Charlton-Howard tells PackagingInsights that the severity of the findings came as a surprise. The team looked at 30 freshly deceased Flesh-footed Shearwater fledglings collected in Australia.
