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A quick recall of the north Pacific currents indicates all that Styrofoam coming into Willipa bay is coming from where exactly?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecologywa/8316398784/in/set-72157630409598334/lightbox/

A floating dock made from Styrofoam was also found (it was in the same photostream), presumably from the Japanese Tsunami considering the debris in the other photographs.

This chunk of debris made its way across the pacific ocean. Yes I would have checked this large chunk of debris for nuclear fall out as nuclear fallout can be chemically reactive as well as for checking invasive species clinging to it.

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Radiation killing seals in Alaska?

I wouldn't rule it out.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...gists-warn.html

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I wonder where all the garbage at Midway came from? Do you reckon they are showing that commercial in Japan, Indonesia, China, etc?

Probably but considering the amount, some say up to 7 million tons (equivalent to the mass of 70 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers) of plastic waste covering the area of double the size of Texas swirling around in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, someone is definitely responsible. For such amount to be estimated, someone has probably been deliberately dumping plastic waste into the Pacific Ocean over the years. This was even before the recent Japanese Tsunami.

For another part of the world of such tremendous natural wilderness and for folks who are proud of the beauty of their surroundings having to suffer such industrial pollution is unjust to say the least.


Edited by Am_Fear_Liath_Mor (02/18/14 04:35 AM)