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Single-use plastic bags harm marine wildlife through ingestion and entanglement.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that single-use plastic bags harm marine wildlife through ingestion and entanglement?

Unclear. Several peer-reviewed sources indicate plastic pollution harms marine ecosystems and wildlife, and one review names entanglement and ingestion as recognized problems of plastic marine debris, but none specifically ties single-use plastic bags to ingestion or entanglement in marine wildlife.

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Evidence for · 4
Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings—entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions -
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Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings—entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0265

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Assessing the Impact and Management of Plastic Pollution in Freetown: A Comprehensive Situational Analysis
2024
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Assessing the Impact and Management of Plastic Pollution in Freetown: A Comprehensive Situational Analysis. (2024). hal.science. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i94450

Plastic pollution in the Amazon: The first comprehensive and structured scoping review.
2026
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JF, d. M., D, T., A, J., & JDY, O. (2026). Plastic pollution in the Amazon: The first comprehensive and structured scoping review.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02245-2

Impact of single-use plastic on local communities in India
2022
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Impact of single-use plastic on local communities in India. (2022). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.32628/ijsrset229534

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