Sunday, September 21, 2008

Alaska professor: Ocean debris likely to worsen (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

HONOLULU -- Birds and turtles are developing digestive problems as their stomachs fill with plastic they mistakenly believe is food. The endangered Hawaiian monk seal population is struggling as many of the mammals get entangled in improperly discarded fishing nets.

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