Toxic: Garbage Island - Part 1


SEE MORE: http://... years we've been reading about a patch of garbage the size of Texas floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ingeniously dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Basically, any trash that gets dumped in the water rides the currents to this one spot and joins an ever-increasing flotilla of crap. For all the breathless accounts of the mess and its impact on the area's sealife, however, no one seemed to have a picture of the buildup.

In order to sate our own curiosity, VBS joined the crew of a research vessel studying the trash and sailed out into one of the most remote spots of open water in the world, the North Pacific Gyre, in search of this mythical garbage island. What we discovered once we got there was an ecological disaster beyond any of our expectations and possibly the single worst thing human beings have done to the planet and ourselves. Hope you're into cancer and sex-reversal!

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Uploaded: April 9, 2008 at 9:34 pm
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Length: 00:06:36
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billyadamsandHER (January 5, 2009 at 5:28 pm)
I too believe hemo can samve the world in many ways, but this video shows plastic disintegrating. the problem is the manufactured chemical, if they could change that one things it would make a world of difference.
rainstormaeroponics (January 3, 2009 at 3:54 pm)
yep the Americans have no idea as normal
me myself myself and I
rainstormaeroponics (January 3, 2009 at 3:53 pm)
hemp will save the world in so many ways
rainstormaeroponics (January 3, 2009 at 4:15 am)
plastic should be made of hemp simple

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