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Contaminated Killer Whales, Plastics & Ocean Pollution

Contaminated Killer Whales, Plastics & Ocean Pollution

Dr. Peter Ross is an internationally recognized ocean pollution expert working as a senior scientist with Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

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May 31, 2022
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It was a the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and it is absolutely heartbreaking. It is approximately twice the size of Texas, and some of the plastics in the patch is 50 years old.1 According to National Geographic, 80% of the plastics come from land-based sources - meaning they were dumped in the ocean. 2 This has far…

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