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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 03 > Scientists alarmed by sea of plastic in the Pacific

Scientists alarmed by sea of plastic in the Pacific

Tiny pieces fill notorious offshore garbage patch

By Paul Rogers / The Bulletin
September 3, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists who returned to the San Francisco Bay area this week after an expedition to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” brought piles of plastic debris they pulled out of the ocean — soda bottles, cracked patio chairs, Styrofoam chunks, old toys, discarded fishing floats and....

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