Nonwoven mask found in green turtle's excrement off Japan's Iwate Prefecture
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- 15 Jun 2022
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A nonwoven mask was found in the excrement of a green turtle caught in August off Iwate Prefecture, according to a research group from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the University of Tokyo.
According to a report published by the group in an academic journal, the mask is made of polypropylene and more than 80% of the excrement was man-made substances such as plastic.
Cases of turtles swallowing plastic have been confirmed before, but a nonwoven mask has never been found in their excrement, the group said.
The researchers also examined chemicals used in nonwoven masks commercially available in Japan and detected ultraviolet absorbers — which are said to be endocrine disruptors — in the products of four of the five companies they studied. Ultraviolet absorbers are used an additive to prevent products from deteriorating when exposed to light. Read More...
