ingestion
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"They face a variety of threats, including accidental capture in fishing gear, vessel strikes, ingestion of plastic debris, and degradation of nesting beaches and coastal habitat," said author Charles Muirhead.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026
Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
"This case highlights not only the dangers of magnet ingestion but also the dangers of the online marketplace for our paediatric population," said the authors of the paper, Binura Lekamalage, Lucinda Duncan-Were and Nicola Davis.
From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025
Acute exposure by inhalation can cause respiratory issues such as difficulty breathing, congestion, edema and lung hemorrhages, while oral ingestion can cause adverse effects in the blood and thyroid.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025
Flouting the rule against the ingestion of anything while inside a house, I take it, leaving an inch undrunk to avoid the awkwardness of a possible refill offer.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Ecology - Introductory
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