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Researchers find remote South Pacific island littered with plastics, trash
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May 16, 2017
Researchers have warned that an uninhabited island in the South Pacific, one of the world’s most remote places, is one of the worst affected by pollution from plastic debris.
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Researchers find remote South Pacific island littered with plastics, trash00:36 | May 16, 2017
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Researchers find remote South Pacific island littered with plastics, trash
Description
May 16, 2017
Researchers have warned that an uninhabited island in the South Pacific, one of the world’s most remote places, is one of the worst affected by pollution from plastic debris.
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