Plastics 'poisoning world's seas'

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They report that small plastic pellets called "mermaids'
tears", which are the result of industry and domestic waste, have
spread across the world's seas.

The scientists had previously found the debris on UK
beaches and in European waters; now they have replicated the finding on
four continents.

Scientists are worried that these fragments can get into the food chain.