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Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All -- And Fast
Aug 21, 2009

Environment  (tags: platic, decompose, bad news,pollution, habitatdestruction, destruction, endangered,environment, water, oceans, humans, world ) 
 Elena - 1 hour ago - news.nationalgeographic.com 
Though ocean-borne plastic trash has a reputation as an indestructible, immortal environmental villain, scientists announced yesterday that some plastics actually decompose rapidly in the ocean. And, the researchers say, that's not a good thing
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