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Whales, as well as dolphins and turtles, are especially at risk from eating plastic bags and flexible packaging. Photograph: Nature Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo
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Plastic bags and flexible packaging are the deadliest plastic items in the ocean, killing wildlife including whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds around the globe, according to a review of hundreds of scientific articles...The review, by the Australian government’s science agency, CSIRO, found ingesting plastic was responsible for killing animals across 80 different species.

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