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In oceans, plastics break up to pose new toxic threat [1]

Washington: Environmentalists have long denounced plastic as a pollutant that does not break down. A new study indicates that in the oceans, plastic does decompose with surprising speed, but says that is not a good thing either.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Oceans and Seas [3], Solid Waste [4], Plastics [5], Non Biodegradable Waste [6], Pesticides And Toxins [7], Toxic Wastes [8]

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