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http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-plastic-debris-hawaiian-island-epa-superfund-20131118,0,4102722.story<\/a>\n\nEPA to study hazards of plastic debris on remote Hawaiian island\n\nBy Tony Barboza\nNovember 19, 2013\n\nThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will study a remote island used \nas an airstrip in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands that is often \nlittered with plastic debris, the first step in a process that could \neventually place it on the list of the country\u2019s most hazardous sites.\n\nIn a letter to an environmental group, the agency said it will study \nTern Island, part of a coral reef atoll about 550 miles northwest of \nHonolulu that is a breeding ground for millions of seabirds.\n\nThe decision came in response to a petition filed last year by the \nCenter for Biological Diversity. The group asked the EPA to study \nlisting a 1,200-mile span of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and part \nof the so-called Pacific Garbage Patch as a federal Superfund site \nbecause of the amount of plastic debris that floats on ocean currents \nand washes ashore.\n\n\u201cThat was a sort of big ask,\u201d said Emily Jeffers, an attorney for the \nCenter for Biological Diversity. But she called the agency\u2019s decision to \nstudy Tern Island \u201can incredibly important first step towards \nunderstanding the hazards plastic pollution poses to wildlife.\u201d<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-plastic-debris-hawaiian-island-epa-superfund-20131118,0,4102722.story EPA to study hazards of plastic debris on remote Hawaiian island By Tony Barboza November 19, 2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will study a remote island used as an airstrip in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands that is often littered with plastic debris, the first step in a process that could eventually place it on the list of the country\u2019s most hazardous sites. In a letter to an environmental group, the agency said it will study Tern Island, part of a coral reef atoll about 550 miles northwest of Honolulu that is a breeding ground for millions of seabirds. The decision came in response to a petition filed last year by the Center for Biological Diversity. The group asked the EPA to study listing a 1,200-mile span of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and part of the so-called Pacific Garbage Patch as a federal Superfund site because of the amount of plastic debris that floats on ocean currents and washes ashore. \u201cThat was a sort of big ask,\u201d said Emily Jeffers, an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity. But she called the agency\u2019s decision to study Tern Island \u201can incredibly important first step towards understanding the hazards plastic pollution poses to wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3635],"tags":[4052],"yoast_head":"\nEPA to study hazards of plastic debris on remote Hawaiian island - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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