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Why is this on HN?

• koralatov 13y ago
  Perhaps because even the members of Hacker News live on planet Earth, and this sort of thing affects them, too?
• eksith 13y ago
  The article is listed under the Technology & Science heading and deals with exactly those fields and the environment. In addition, the following key trigger words are present : pollution, plastic, research, science, scientists, PCBs, pesticides & money. Therefore, it matches a Bayesian pattern of interest within the HN community. Happy?