Millions of tons of plastic debris in oceans lethal threat for whales and dolphins

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Millions of tons of plastic debris dumped each year in the world's oceans could pose a lethal threat to whales and dolphins, according to a scientific assessment to be presented at a key international whaling forum this week. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
Even worse for turtles, whose food - jellyfish - look just like plastic bags to them.

See Brasil's Project Tamar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projeto_TAMAR
and the Lighthouse Foundation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projeto_TAMAR
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