Group finds 6 million pounds of trash on world's beaches
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080415/capt.7f798576ae6a485cb6984e5b18b658b7.beach_debris_gfx721.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=blSxerPvj44mojzB4jEuZQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Graphic shows sources of debris, by percentage and top 10 debris items collected worldwide; three sizes; 1c x 3 1/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 82.6 mm; 2c x 2 1/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 57.2 mm; 1c x 5 inches; 46.5 mm x 127 mm" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_us/beach_debris)AP - The world's beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of shoreline worldwide and found 6 million pounds of debris from cigarette butts and food wrappers to abandoned fishing lines and plastic bags that threaten seabirds and marine mammals.</p><br clear="all"/>
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