Alarming new information on the ocean garbage patch

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CBS 8) - There's alarming new information on the gigantic garbage patch in the middle of the ocean. Researchers say it's growing.

They've gone out a second time and have seen it first-hand. Scientists who have just arrived in San Diego say things are getting worse.

In this Environmental Alert video story, News 8's Richard Allyn takes an eye-opening look at new pictures.

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