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One study found that 97.5% of chicks had plastic in their stomachs, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 3

April 2013

Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.

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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

May 2013

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Researchers on a boat try to to catch an oiled pelican in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.

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Netting an oiled pelican in the Gulf of Mexico

June 2010