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Is ocean garbage killing whales? (AFP)

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20110710/capt.photo_1310272434543-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=HWWAp6aPCS28PdX_9atv0A-- (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pets/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110710/sc_afp/environmentspecieswhalesiwcpollution)AFP - Millions of tonnes of plastic debris dumped each year in the world's oceans could pose a lethal threat to whales, according to a scientific assessment to be presented at a key international whaling forum this week.




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There are huge mats of floating garbage in the oceans. I hope something good comes out of these meetings because the garbage is definitely not serving a good purpose.

Dan