Plastic Trash in the Ocean
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Paul Auerbach, M.D.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am going to mention wilderness environmental topics from time to time. It was just called to my attention by
Lynn Funkhauser that there is a
thought-provoking video entitled the Pelagic Plastic Plague posted on YouTube that highlights the current situation with plastic refuse being discarded into the ocean. I recommend that you view it. Thanks.
image courtesy of www.treehugger.com
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1 Comments:
At Fri Aug 07, 09:44:00 AM 2009,
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