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‘Underwater Roombas’ Help Start Cleanup of Decades-Old Toxic Waste Dump Along California Coast – Gizmodo Australia

A research vessel launched this week is on an urgent mission to map out damage from a long-overlooked crisis on the ocean floor, and they’re putting robots to work…

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A research vessel launched this week is on an urgent mission to map out damage from a long-overlooked crisis on the ocean floor, and theyre putting robots to work to help.
In October, people living on Santa Catalina Island, which sits 35 kilometres off the coast of Southern California, were shocked to learn from a Los Angeles Times investigation that a scientist had found leaking barrels of dangerous waste strewn across the ocean floor. Residents had heard rumours that the nations largest DDT manufacturer,…

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