Factoid/2007/05/22
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Plastics in the Ocean -- It's a Bigger Problem Than Is Commonly Thought
- "All sea creatures are threatened by floating plastic, from whales down to zooplankton. ... More than a million seabirds, 100,000 marine mammals, and countless fish die in the North Pacific each year, either from mistakenly eating this junk or from being ensnared in it and drowning." - excerpt from this article.
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