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The Giant Pacific Garbage Patch

March 6th, 2009 · No Comments

We know that most of our customers here at Beach Trading are ocean lovers who care about our environment, but many people don’t know that there is a HUGE area of the Pacific Ocean filled with plastic debris. It’s called the Pacific Garbage Patch and is now the size of TEXAS, (and growing).
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Our Oceans are Turning Into Plastic – Are We?

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

We came across this story and though it was shocking and amazing and that we had to share it with you…
“A vast swath of the Pacific, twice the size of Texas, is full of a plastic stew that is entering the food chain. Scientists say these toxins are causing obesity, infertility…and worse.”
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Tags: Health · Our Environment