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Updated at 5:16 p.m., Monday, April 20, 2009

UH talks to address plastic's effect on marine life

Advertiser Staff

Two April lectures are scheduled as part of the "Plastic and Hawaii's Marine Life" lecture/film series, presented by the Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaii, in partnership with the University of Hawaii-Manoa College of Education.

"Plastic: Impacts on our Health, Marine Life and the Environment" is scheduled for Wednesday – Earth Day. Suzanne Frazer will give the talk.

"Albatross as Indicators of Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment" is scheduled for April 29. HPU assistant professor of oceanography Dr. David Hyrenbach will speak.

Each will be presented at 6:30 p.m. in the UH-Manoa Architecture Auditorium.

For more information, go to www.b-e-a-c-h.org/april09series.html.

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