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Related: About this forumTeenage Diver Finds Tons Of Golf Balls Rotting Off California
Teenage Diver Finds Tons Of Golf Balls Rotting Off CaliforniaJanuary 17, 20194:37 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
A diver in California has stumbled on an unexpected source of plastic waste in the ocean: golf balls.
As the balls degrade, they can emit toxic chemicals. And there appear to be lots of them in certain places underwater right next to coastal golf courses.
Two years ago, a 16-year old diver named Alex Weber was swimming off Pebble Beach along the Pacific near Carmel, Calif. "My dad raised me underwater," says Weber, and she means it. She's a free diver: no scuba tanks; she just holds her breath. She was diving in a small cove and looked down and saw something weird. "You couldn't see the sand," she recalls, still sounding incredulous. "It was completely white."
White with golf balls. "You looked down and you're like, 'What are you doing here?' "
There were thousands of them. "It felt like a shot to the heart," she says.
She was offended. Right then, she decided to haul them up. Thus began a Sisyphean task that went on for months: She and her father would haul hundreds of pounds of them up, and then of course more golfers would hit more into the ocean.
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https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/686257550/teenage-diver-finds-tons-of-golf-balls-rotting-off-california
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Teenage Diver Finds Tons Of Golf Balls Rotting Off California (Original Post)
Brother Buzz
Jan 2019
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)1. Reminds me of Kramer and George shooting golf balls into the ocean.
And one going into the whales blow hole. Don't shoot golf balls into the water...ANY water.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)2. Assholes with golf clubs
Littering is littering even if you are too stupid to know it is.
TeamPooka
(24,221 posts)3. I think the balls should be returned to their owners, and dumped on those fancy golf courses.
KT2000
(20,576 posts)4. How about we lob golf balls
into the clubhouses and lawns of their members. They could have their groceries and meals delivered with piles of golf balls covering their food.