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4C THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015 PARTING SHOTS A weekly snapshot from The Daily Astorian and Chinook Observer photographers Barrett Creek is seen from the cockpit of Allen Sprague’s 1965 Beechcraft Bonanza during a flight earlier this month. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian ,QYHQWLRQOHDGVWRFOHDQHUEHDFKHV By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Sea turtle researcher Seaside res- LGHQW 0DUF :DUG KDG MXVW ¿QLVKHG D study of the toxicity of microplastics ¿YH \HDUV DJR ¿QGLQJ WKH JDUEDJH D SRSXODU DQG GHDGO\ IRRG DPRQJ WKH UHSWLOHV KH VWXGLHG 7DNLQJ VRPH WLPH RII KH GHFLGHG WR WDNH KLV IDPLO\ WR Short Sands Beach in the Oswald West 6WDWH3DUNRQHRIKLVIDYRULWHVSRWV It was there that Ward said he no- WLFHGKLV\HDUROGVRQ1HHGKDPHQ- MR\LQJKLVWLPHRQWKHVDQGDERXWWRHDW a small piece of plastic. 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Marc Ward’s microplastics filter removes small plastic debris from the beach, leaving pristine sand. Photos by EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian Tony Gardner, left, and Marc Ward use the microplastics filter to clean a portion of Crescent Beach April 9. Patagonia is sponsoring the cleanup of Crescent Beach for microplastics, which wash up on the Pacific Northwest’s shores from the North Pacific Gyre. 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