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As plastics in the ocean in the food chain

October 5, 2015 at 00:13 clock Last updated BST

To reduce waste, England has introduced a tax on plastic bags 5p.

Scientists have warned that contamination could be done in the food chain to humans the effects of plastic waste in the marine environment.

They found small pieces of plastic in the guts of zooplankton - microscopic organisms feed the many species of marine.

The biologist Dr. Pennie Lindeque Plymouth Marine Laboratory says more.

You can read more about micro-plastics in the BBC Inside Out West, Monday, September 21 at 19:30 clock BST and nationwide for 30 days afterwards on iPlayer Read

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