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Micro-plastic pollution

Apparently these tiny little bits of plastic do far more damage than larger man-made objects in the sea. Animals eat them and so don't get enough real food and/or die.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics

 

It's hard to see what "beach cleans" and the like can do about the stuff that washes up on beaches - it's far too tiny to pick up every bit.

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Uploaded on April 9, 2014
Taken on March 18, 2014