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Each year millions of birds are strangled to death because they are caught in plastic six-pack holders. Always collect six-pack holders and cut them into very small pieces and place them in a plastic recycling bin.


Trans-Pacific dust cloud


Trans-Pacific dust cloud
An immense cloud of dust, formed over the deserts of China and Mongolia in early April, has appeared in western North America. The cloud was blown by jet stream winds across the Pacific, and the haze was visible in the skies from Calgary to Colorado. This cloud almost certainly also carried industrial pollution with it. One expert said, "This storm is a godsend to pollution researchers. People are finally realizing that what we have been saying for years is true. Pollution from Asia is being carried across the ocean." It is likely that pollution is carried across by jet streams all the time, only unlike the dust, it is invisible.
APRIL 21, 2001
The Vancouver Sun
APRIL 21, 2001

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