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Widespread Floating Plastic Debris Found in the Western North Atlantic Ocean
by ScienceDaily
20 August 2010

Despite growing awareness of the problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans, little solid scientific information existed to illustrate the nature and scope of the issue until a team of researchers from Sea Education Association (SEA), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and the University of Hawaii (UH) published a study of plastic marine debris in the latest issue of the journal Science.
Read more at http://www.sciencedaily. ... 41915.htm.
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