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piponwa OP t1_irtm7vj wrote

In the 1940's, the uninhabited Midway Atoll was developed as a boat plane hub for Pan Am and their trans-Pacific service. The planes would go from San Francisco to Hong Kong and back, stopping every few hours to refuel. The plane would follow this path: San Francisco - Honolulu - Midway Atoll - Wake Island - Guam - Manilla - Macau - Hong Kong.

It turns out that in the 1940's, pollution had already made its way to this remote island in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Japanese nets contained these glass balls used for floatation. When the nets were damaged, the glass balls broke free and floated to the uninhabited shores of Midway Atoll.

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Better__Off_Dead t1_irz51db wrote

>In the 1940's, the uninhabited Midway Atoll was developed as a boat plane hub for Pan Am and their trans-Pacific service.

There was a USN (radio tower) and USMC (protection of radio and bird life from poachers) presence on Midway before Pan Am. As far back as 1903. It wasn't totally "uninhabited", although it has no indigenous population.

The Pan AM route through Midway for the Martin M-130s wasn't developed in the 1940s. It was setup in 1935 and abandoned within days or weeks of the IJN attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

Midway Atoll became part of the "Midway Island Naval Defensive Sea Area" early in 1941 and was the scene of one of the most important battles of the Pacific in WWII in June 1942.

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TwitterJackBNimble t1_iru0hnm wrote

No big deal we still.find glass balls from Asiam nets on beaches today 2022.

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Psyese t1_is08ohi wrote

Isn't glass inert? How do they damage environment aside from being unsightly and potential hazard if broken?

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NefariousnessOk5287 t1_iru4t1b wrote

Trash not pollution.

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AaronElsewhere t1_irubkhe wrote

Trash is considered a form of pollution when found in the environment.

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NefariousnessOk5287 t1_iruffz9 wrote

Is glass harmful to the environment?

When glass breaks down, it remains safe and stable, and releases no harmful chemicals into the soil. So even when glass isn't recycled, it does minimal harm to the environment.Apr 16, 2018

https://www.brewbound.com › glass...

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AaronElsewhere t1_is7wosa wrote

I didn't make any claims about its harm to the environment, merely pointing your misuse of terminology. One does not necessarily imply the other. Trash is trash regardless of whether it's inert or degradable. If it's in the environment then it's pollution. Just because it doesn't release chemicals doesn't presume it still can't harm the environment. If someone dumps a pile of shit covered biodegradable diapers in your lawn, what are you gonna call that dumbass?

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Competitive-Cow-4177 t1_irtv1fw wrote

Clearly a phenomenon caused by nuclear (test) explosions.

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