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05/11/2017 / By Bridgette Wilcox

The once-untouched Arctic is now the dumping ground for 300 BILLION pieces of plastic

Scientists on a seven-month circumnavigation in the Arctic Ocean have found that its once-untouched waters are now polluted with billions of pieces of plastic. This is another troubling discovery even as the world struggles to deal with the ongoing problem of plastic pollution. Despite a lack of nearby pollution sources, scientists noted a “high concentration” of plastics accumulating […]

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