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September 15, 2014

Plastic pollution choking Australian waters: study
Sydney (AFP) Sept 15, 2014
Three-quarters of the trash found off Australian beaches is plastic, a study released Monday said as it warned that the rubbish is entangling and being swallowed by wildlife. Researchers surveyed the vast Australian coastline at intervals of about 100 kilometres (62 miles), compiling the world's largest collection of marine debris data, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) said. "We found about three-quarters of the rubbish along the coast is plastic," CSIRO ... read more

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