Plastic pollution has the potential to cause the following problem(s) for marine organisms:
A) Marine mammals and birds are susceptible to being entangled in and strangled by larger pieces of plastic.
B) Many filter-feeding organisms near the bottom of the ocean food chain constantly ingest the smaller degraded pieces of plastic.
C) The degraded plastic pieces may absorb and transport hazardous chemicals such as PCBs into marine food webs when organisms ingest the plastic.
D) All of the above
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