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In your own words describe how plastic pollution may affect the living tissues of animals? PLEASE HELP ITS URGENT! 40 POINTS!

Answer 1

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Plastic has already entered the food chain. Animals carry microplastics in their bodies. When they are themselves eaten, those microplastics are also ingested. This process is called ‘trophic transfer’ of microplastics. Since one animal eats another, microplastics can move through the food chain. The main question is what happens to the toxins and chemicals that are associated with these plastics.

When plastic ends up in the environment, it tends to bind with environmental pollutants. With plastic that moves through the food chain, the attached toxins can also move and accumulate in animal fat and tissue through a process called bio-accumulation. In addition, chemicals are often added to plastic during the production process, to give them some desired properties. These chemicals can in turn leak from the plastic, even when that plastic is inside the body of an animal.

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Answer 2

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With plastic that moves through the food chain, the attached toxins can accumulate in animal fat and tissue through a process called bioaccumulation.

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