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(Now Playing) TOXIC: Garbage Island 1 of 3

Apr 7, 2008

Come aboard as the VBS crew takes a cruise to the Northern Gyre in the Pacific Ocean, a spot where currents spin and cycle, churning up tons of plastic into a giant pool of chemical soup, flecked with bits and whole chunks of refuse that cannot biodegrade.

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geckofish52

holy shite
triangletech

whoa. thanks VBS. Happy Earth Day, don't eff it up.
snout

yeah, this is true. first time i heard about this was on VBS. Nice work, as always.

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