Analysis of chicks that have eaten plastic reveals insidious health impacts, including cell rupture and decay in stomach lining Ingesting plastic causes brain damage in seabirds similar to Alzheimer’s disease, a new study has revealed. Plastic pollution has emerged in recent decades as a growing environmental and health concern. Plastic production, which has sharply increased over the last 70 years, generates around 360 million metric tons of waste annually. The issue of plastic pollution has