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414 million plastic pieces found on Indian Ocean islands: Study

Source: The Hans, Date: , 2019

An estimated 414 million pieces of plastic -- including nearly one million shoes and 370,000 toothbrushes -- have been found washed ashore on the beaches of remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean, according to a study

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