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Memories of seaborne trash fuel crusade against plastic

By Nina Wu

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 23, 2012

~~<p>If there's one thing Capt. Charles Moore wants you to know, it's that the plastic floating in the ocean has an impact on you.</p>
<p>Moore, credited by most as the discoverer of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, says that aside from harming marine animals, the petroleum-based plastics in the ocean ecosystem could have an as-yet-unknown impact on human health.</p>
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If there's one thing Capt. Charles Moore wants you to know, it's that the plastic floating in the ocean has an impact on you.

Moore, credited by most as the discoverer of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, says that aside from harming marine animals, the petroleum-based plastics in the ocean ecosystem could have an as-yet-unknown impact on human health. Login for more...



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