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1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 30 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Mel Foster. |
| Summary |
In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu with the sole intention of returning home after competing in a trans-Pacific race. To get to California, he and his crew took a shortcut through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast "oceanic desert" where winds are slack and sailing ships languish. There, Moore realized his catamaran was surrounded by a "plastic soup." He had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet-a spiral nebula where plastic outweighed zooplankton, the ocean's food base, by a factor of six to one. In Plastic Ocean, Moore recounts his ominous findings and unveils the secret life and hidden properties of plastics. From milk jugs to polymer molecules small enough to penetrate human skin or be unknowingly inhaled, plastic is now suspected of contributing to a host of ailments including infertility, autism, thyroid dysfunction, and some cancers. A call to action as urgent as Rachel Carson's seminal Silent Spring, Moore's sobering revelations will be embraced by activists, concerned parents, and seafaring enthusiasts concerned about the deadly impact and implications of this manmade blight. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Waste disposal in the ocean.
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Ships -- Waste disposal.
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Plastic marine debris -- Environmental aspects -- Government policy -- United States.
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Marine pollution.
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Plastic scrap -- Environmental aspects.
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Phillips, Cassandra. Author.
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Foster, Mel. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781452624600 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1452624607 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11195872 |
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