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Posted Sun Feb 17 2008: from SeaReport, via Youtube: Plastic in the Ocean video, from 2001 http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1203276510 Very Scary Tags: plastic gyre No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

The ApocaDocs say: The researchers found 6 pounds of plastic fragments, for each 1 pound of zooplankton. In 2001! That's a lot of empty calories... and pthalates, and endocrine disrupters.. NEXT> More stories: Huge beef recall issued Nuclear Forensica Vs. Terrorism (Plastic in the Ocean video, from 2001) Report Raises Alarm Over Superweeds Scientists fear Tipping Point for Pacific Ocean Want to explore more? Try the PaniCloud!

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