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World Service,3 mins

Are plastics causing infertility in marine life?

World Update

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Marine Wildlife is increasingly being affected by the plastics that we are dumping into our seas and oceans. According to a new report, potential sources of chemicals that disrupt and affect the reproductive process are leading to infertility in some marine mammals. Dan Damon spoke to Professor Sir Charles Godfray, lead author of the report and Director of the Oxford Martin school at Oxford University. Photo: An orca swimming in the Arctic Circle. Credit: OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images

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