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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (387803)	6/1/2008 12:28:59 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576884

bad spin try again, carbon pig

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (387803)	6/1/2008 12:44:19 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576884

well you are also a polluter and bird killer. Two years ago, the United States government chartered a new course by prosecuting illegal dumping that occurred 200 nautical miles from its shores. Suddenly, the cruise ships began receiving unwelcome scrutiny from their environmentally concerned passengers. Due to the passenger's complaints, several luxury cruise lines are currently under investigation for alleged MARPOL violations. Cruise ships are allowed to dump some garbage at sea, but such materials as glass and metal must first be crushed into one-inch square cubes. The dumping of any plastic, including garbage bags, is illegal, and no dumping can occur within 12 nautical miles of shore. Cruise ships account for up to 15 percent of the seven million tons of waste that is illegally dumped at sea each year, says the Washington-based Center for Marine Conservation (CMC). An estimated one million birds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles anually die from eating plastic bags and pellets, or are choked to death by plastic six-pack rings. "The plastic doesn't simply disappear," says Betsy Schrader, a CMC spokesperson. "If Columbus had flipped a six-pack ring off the side of the Santa Maria during his voyage to America 400 years ago, it could float to shore today."