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Old 03-27-2008, 08:18 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Causedawg 83 View Post
I seriously doubt there is a heap of plastic garbage twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean. Got any pictures?
It actually isn't floating as much as it is swirling, and was discovered back in 90's, it's pretty old news and growing by the day. It's called "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch," and they teach kids about it in school now because it's the largest landfill in the world.

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Howstuffworks "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch"

Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Plastic Turning Vast Area of Ocean into Ecological Nightmare CHARLES MOORE / Santa Barbara News-Press 27oct02

Continent-size toxic stew of plastic trash fouling swath of Pacific Ocean

What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

CDNN :: Plastic Ocean - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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