Each year around 12 million tons of plastic waste is dumped into the world's oceans, polluting the water, killing wildlife and creating microplastics that enter the food chain.

The Battle Against Ocean Plastic

Scientists studying the scale and impact of plastic pollution on wildlife in the Sargasso Sea have found "extreme concentrations" of microplastic, which they worry will threaten sea turtles and other marine species that live there. Watch this video to know more.

Microplastics invades Sargasso sea

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Sargasso sea turtles threatened by ‘extreme concentrations’ of microplastic

Deadly microplastic pollutes world's oceans, Arctic too breached

Tests carried out on more than 100 sea turtles in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea revealed they all had microplastics in their stomachs, according to a study published on Wednesday.

Study finds microplastics in all sea turtle species

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