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In Costa Rica, a turtle’s suffering puts spotlight on need to reduce use of plastics

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Inside Costa Rica

Publication Date
2015-08-21

August 20th, 2015 (EFE) The plight of a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle that biologists in Costa Rica rid of a plastic straw stuck in its nose highlights the need to reduce the use of the synthetic material, since 8 million tons of plastics are dumped in the oceans each year, biologist Nathan Robinson told EFE.

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http://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/20/costa-rica-turtles-suffering-puts-spotlight-need-reduce-use-plastics/