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Plastic in the Oceans Is a HUGE Problem

"The scale and extent of the plastic pollution he has uncovered is staggering. Nineteen out of every 20 dead fulmars [a type of sea bird] analysed by his team from around the North Sea had plastic in them. Each bird had swallowed an average of 44 pieces,..." - excerpt from the article at http://www.sundayherald.com/print46765

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