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Plastic debris, mostly from US shores, floats in a great circle of currents north of Hawaii that is larger than t

Tamminen: 10 Environmental Disasters Worse Than BP Oil Spill

8. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Plastic debris, mostly from US shores, floats in a great circle of currents north of Hawaii that is larger than the state of Texas. Ten years ago, samples showed that bits of plastic outnumbered plankton by six to one. Today it is over ten to one. Fish, birds, and marine mammals mistake plastic for food and die in the thousands every month. Disposable lighters and plastic bottle caps are among the most ubiquitous culprits.
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