Season 4 Episode #7: Pacific Garbage Patch

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In this episode of Public Problems, Justin chats with Bush School students, Yi-Fan Wang, Colton Haffey, Keefer Patterson, Katie Leach, and Maheen Zahid about their research project on the Pacific Garbage Patch and the threats that garbage present to the Earth's oceans. There are some interesting and promising developments here. Check it out!

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This episode was published on February 19, 2019.

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In this episode of Public Problems, Justin chats with Bush School students, Yi-Fan Wang, Colton Haffey, Keefer Patterson, Katie Leach, and Maheen Zahid about their research project on the Pacific Garbage Patch and the threats that garbage present to...

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