Your first view of Kamilo Beach on Hawaii's Big Island is of majestic rock, postcard-worthy waves and miles of uninhabited beach. But look closer at the sand and you see specks of blue, yellow and white plastic. A piece of a bottle cap. A corner of a milk crate. Half a toothbrush. Kamilo Beach is part of the devastating legacy of the March 2011 Japan tsunami. "It's disheartening to come out here and see all this marine debris in an area that's otherwise so remote, debris that's washing up from other countries," said Megan Lamson, debris project coordinator for the Hawaii Wildlife Fund.
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Debris apparently from 2011 Japan tsunami is washing ashore in Hawaii
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Hawaii Wildlife Fund organizes beach cleanups
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NOAA has been studying the effects of debris on fish
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