A swirling vortex of trash twice the size of Texas has spawned in the North Pacific.


	A swirling vortex of trash twice the size of Texas has spawned in the North Pacific.

rustajb

5-30-2008 4:05 PM

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rustajb says:

Ahh, the ocean, man's dumping ground. Imagine all the toxins that much garbage is leaking into the ocean.

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boggles the mind," Moore said from Hawaii, where his crew is docked.
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Gyre, due to a clockwise trade wind that encircles the Pacific Rim.
According to Moore the trash accumulates the same way bubbles clump at
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