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Plastic releases toxins into sea

In the first study to look at what happens over the years to the billions of pounds of plastic waste floating in the world’s oceans, scientists have discovered that plastics, reputed to be virtually indestructible, in fact decompose with surprising speed and release potentially toxic substances into the water.

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