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Posted Tue Jun 3 2008: from Daily Galaxy:
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Is There a Solution to the "Continent of Plastic" that Pollutes the Pacific?
Are there really 'continents', or massive floating garbage patches residing in the Pacific? [T]hese unsightly patches are reportedly killing marine life and releasing poisons that enter the human food chain, as well. [T]hese plastic patches certainly aren't solid surfaced islands that you could build a house on... Ocean currents have collected massive amounts of garbage into a sort of plastic "soup" where countless bits of discarded plastic float intertwined just beneath the surface.... The enormous Texas-sized plastic patch is estimated to weigh over 3 million tons.
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Very Scary Tags: plastic gyre
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I wonder where Crawford is, in this Texas-sized gyre?
"Henh-hehn. Time to clear me some brush."
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