Enviro-foolishness

From a BBC journalist writing about Midway island in the Pacific. Apparently tons of plastic garbagee bits wash up on shore, killing the wildlife:

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The island is littered with the bodies of albatrosses that haven't made it. Their stomachs are brimming with plastic.

Brightly coloured, and similarly shaped to the birds' much-loved diet of squid, the tiny plastic items we use every day often prove lethal.

Disposable cigarette lighters are a favourite. Without even trying too hard, we collected 62 in a short stroll along the shore littered with dead birds.

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