Evidence shows cross-regional marine plastic pollution in green sea turtles

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, ...
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8 Children and 1 Adult Dead — and 78 Sickened — After Eating Sea Turtle Meat

Consuming sea turtle meat can cause chelonitoxism, a type of fatal food poisoning that has no cure Getty Eight children and 1 adult have died after eating sea turtle meat, which sickened an additional ...
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Officials: Florida man wanted to cook rare sea turtle

TAMPA, Fla. -- A rare sea turtle that a Florida fisherman wanted to cook and eat has been released back into the wild. Officials at The Florida Aquarium say the fisherman snagged the Kemp's ridley sea ...