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We have serious problems to fix: like the pile of garbage the size of Texas that is sitting in the middle of our ocean. I couldn't find a good article, and I a

by dbz 17y ago

We have serious problems to fix: like the pile of garbage the size of Texas that is sitting in the middle of our ocean. I couldn't find a good article, and I am petty sure the wiki-has some incorrect data displayed, but I'll leave it to the curious to research =p http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch

itistoday 17y ago
There is an excellent video of reporters from VBS.TV going out with a researcher to visit this place. Very well worth watching despite its length: http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3--4 http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3--4
- ugh 17y ago
  Uhhh. Calling it Garbage Island can only hurt that case. There is no large continuos plastic island the size of Texas (or smaller) in the Pacific. That doesn’t make the problem any smaller. Microscopic pieces of plastic entering the food chain is not what you would want. For more meat and less blah (1988): http://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/TM/SWFSC/NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-154_P247.PDF http://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/TM/SWFSC/NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWF... This one is a bit fresher (2001), if not quite as extensive: ftp://ftp.sccwrp.org/pub/download/DOCUMENTS/AnnualReports/1999AnnualReport/10_ar11.pdf PS, don’t wash your face http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19481226 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19481226 :)
amock 17y ago
If you read that article it says that the patch being the size of Texas is conjecture by the media.
- deleted 17y ago
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- aerique 17y ago
  Don't worry, just wait a couple of years and it'll be the size of Texas.
parenthesis 17y ago
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-rubbish-dump-a-garbage-tip-that-stretches-from-hawaii-to-japan-778016.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-rubbish-...

by dbz 17y ago

itistoday 17y ago

There is an excellent video of reporters from VBS.TV going out with a researcher to visit this place. Very well worth watching despite its length: http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3--4 http://www.vbs.tv/newsroom/toxic-garbage-island-1-of-3--4

ugh 17y ago
Uhhh. Calling it Garbage Island can only hurt that case. There is no large continuos plastic island the size of Texas (or smaller) in the Pacific. That doesn’t make the problem any smaller. Microscopic pieces of plastic entering the food chain is not what you would want. For more meat and less blah (1988): http://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/TM/SWFSC/NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-154_P247.PDF http://swfsc.noaa.gov/publications/TM/SWFSC/NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWF... This one is a bit fresher (2001), if not quite as extensive: ftp://ftp.sccwrp.org/pub/download/DOCUMENTS/AnnualReports/1999AnnualReport/10_ar11.pdf PS, don’t wash your face http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19481226 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19481226 :)

amock 17y ago

If you read that article it says that the patch being the size of Texas is conjecture by the media.

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aerique 17y ago
Don't worry, just wait a couple of years and it'll be the size of Texas.

parenthesis 17y ago

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-rubbish-dump-a-garbage-tip-that-stretches-from-hawaii-to-japan-778016.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-rubbish-...