[CINC] Ingestion of plastic found among small ocean fish

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Ingestion of plastic found among small ocean fish 
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Southern California researchers say about 35% of fish they collected in the northern Pacific Ocean in 2008 had plastic in their stomachs. The study shows the troubling effect floating litter is having on marine life, the researchers say.

By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times

March 11 2011

Southern California researchers have found evidence of ingestion of plastic among small fish in the northern Pacific Ocean in a study that they say shows the troubling effect floating litter is having on marine life in the far reaches of the world's oceans. 

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