Only one type of plastic does not float *in salt water at least*, and that is type I PETE plastic, the hard clear kind that drink bottles are made of. It is the most abundantly manufactured kind, and it does not float.

Types of Plastic:
1 PET
2 HDFE
3 PVC (rafts)
4 CDPE (bags)
5 PP
6 PS (polystyrene)
7 Other

I posted once about the Great Pacific ( Read more... )

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According to Mercola the coating that's found these days on romaine lettuce is intentionally applied to increase shelf life, and it is supposed to be edible. That remains to be seen. Apparently it's on some organic lettuce as well.

and including Persistent Organic Pollutants and Plastics
Kids with exposure to nature have less ADHD
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http://www.ewg.org/minoritycordblood/home
I wonder what about whites?
n = 10 tiny sample
still disturbing

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Bisphenol A is reason enough to never purchase another beverage in a plastic container. But there are plenty of other reasons.
( one more on water, this from Mercola )

The dump is more than one floating mass of mostly plastic garbage that some say is as large as the United States. I guess there are no shipping lanes that go through those parts of the ocean. I wonder if there's any connection between all the floating trash and the increase in ocean-bourne MRSA ( Read more... )

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EAST TENNESSEE WHITE WATER CLUB
Compiled by Paul Dutky in 1988
( This is not so brief, really, but a very interesting tale of the early days of whitewater river running based in the town of my birth. The tale is deeply interwoven with my family and personal experience, including a mention Potter's falls. )

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