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Alan Lowenthal: An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic enter the oceans each year at a rate of about one garbage truck per…

On the recordOctober 28, 2019
An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic enter the oceans each year at a rate of about one garbage truck per minute.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal highlights the alarming rate of plastic pollution entering oceans.

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