The effects of plastic pollution on CA's marine life
Seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals along the California coast can suffer and even die after ingesting plastic, and the lethal quantity is less than you might think.
Erin Murphy, manager of ocean plastics research for the Ocean Conservancy, said it is the size of two baseballs for a sea turtle, three sugar cubes for a puffin and a soccer ball for a harbor porpoise. Murphy

