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Showing posts with label Garbage Dump at Sea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garbage Dump at Sea. Show all posts
2/27/20
DUMPS AT SEA CAUSE DEATH OF CORAL, MARINE LIFE and HUMAN CANCERS
DAILY MAIL SCIENCE TECH : SHIPPING DODGE UN EMISSIONS REGULATIONS DUMP AT SEA an extensive article with pictures = a must SEE!
Excerpts: Untreated, airborne sulphur fumes can turn into aerosols - which can cause lung and heart conditions - and also can form damaging acid rain. .... These discharges can contain heavy metals - which are known to damage the central nervous system - and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are believed to be agents of bladder, liver, lung, skin and stomach cancers.
8/21/09
GARBAGE DUMP AT SEA TWICE THE SIZE OF TEXAS
Jeff Powers of San Diego is reporting on the garbage dump at sea, an article you'll get to by clicking on the title above.
"Twice the size of Texas. For the first time, we're getting a look at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the vortex of plastic waste that's 1,000 miles off the coast of California.
Call it the planet's dump; millions of pieces of plastic collecting in a place 1,000 miles northwest of California."
"Twice the size of Texas. For the first time, we're getting a look at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the vortex of plastic waste that's 1,000 miles off the coast of California.
Call it the planet's dump; millions of pieces of plastic collecting in a place 1,000 miles northwest of California."
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