Also Try Plastics under Pollution Papers -Plastics Are Entering the Food Chain (TheGlobeandMail) "This plastic soup, with billions of tiny shards of the synthetic material floating just below the surface of the water, is estimated to span an area 11/2 times the size of the continental United States." "Alarming new data collected during Capt. Moore's most recent voyage to the gyre's centre in February shows the girth of the so-called Eastern Garbage Patch 'dramatically increasing.' " "Hundreds of myctophids, or lantern fish, were collected during the excursion. All of them had dozens of bits of broken plastic in their stomachs. Some pieces were five millimetres in diameter, much too large to pass through the systems of the tiny creatures." "They are the most plentiful fish in the ocean, making up about 90 per cent of all deep-sea fish, he said. They are a major source of food for larger fish, such as tuna, and other marine creatures, including dolphins, whales and sharks.05-08 Ocean Debris Expected to Get Worse (CNN News) "A new report has determined current measures to prevent and reduce ocean debris are inadequate and the problem will likely worsen." 09-08 Student Discovers Microbes that Degrade Plastics (TheRecord.com) "Getting ordinary plastic bags to rot away like banana peels would be an environmental dream come true." "After all, we produce 500 billion a year worldwide and they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. They take up space in landfills, litter our streets and parks, pollute the oceans and kill the animals that eat them." "Now a Waterloo teenager has found a way to make plastic bags degrade faster -- in three months, he figures." 06-08

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