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i jammed my finger into this bowl and almost broke my finger. i did not penetrate into the liquid. thickening fluid, a powerful concept that the unlikely pair took in using plastic forks and knives, a wal-mart mixer, and super simple yet super secret ingredients came up with a paste that combined with other antiballistics does this. a quarter inch thick fabric that when tested stopped a 9 millimeter bullet. a safety officer pulled this 44 magnum and he said this will fail. we loaded it in and it stopped it. and then it stopped it a second time and then a third time. her ultimate goal is to lighten the load for those in combat, a full kit is 26 pounds with the ceramic plates. you replace those with this new material. it could lighten the load by 2/3. at a fraction of the cost. more testing will prove whether this new product could be used to replace or reduce the heavy steel plating on material vehicles and aircraft and first responders.
we should be seeing some things starting about now. i heard mary say this morning on new day, she s formerly with the department of transportation, it might be wise to start deploying brigades of people, whether voluntary or military to comb the beaches in that area. they need sensitivity training, too, don t they? yeah. it s very hard to detect what s trash and what s debris. there s so much material deceptive. if you re eating a meal and have a fork on an airplane, that plastic fork would be debris but there s an awful lot of plastic forks that wash up. you re talking thousands of miles of shoreline, not just the western shores but we probably ought to be thinking of the southern shores of australia. i think a good educational
2,000 miles moving towards hawaii and the western united states. the tsunami today pwraoerbgs the field of trash going across the ocean, it s as horrible of a tragedy as it is it s a unique toupbt for some good science. how much trash is out there, how much is left. reporter: dr. marcus erickson is leading a group that will sale 7,000 miles from the marshall islands to japan and then back east and examine the nam s impact on marine life, the biggest worry plastic. you ll see a lot of broken up pieces of every day live. plastic forks and spoons and plates and styrofoam cups, all these things that are all part of an every day life. reporter: that possible plastic waste adds to the pollution already in the ocean s garbage patches. some of these pollutants can transfer from the plastic into the body and tissues of the fish that eat that plastic.
examine the effect on marine life. it s a lot of broken up pieces of every day living. plastic forks and spoons antirow foam cups. all these things all part of an every day life. reporter: that adds to the pollution already in the ocean garbage patches. it can hans for into the bodies and tissues of the animals that eat that garbage. reporter: some of this trash has shown up in small pieces in washington and canada. they say as they get pictures they will forward them on to you. this is an american crew mostly taking part in this. there are still americans in japan trying to help with the rebuilding process. the evacuation area around