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Pellets, and this coxs creek. Reporter take a trip up cox creek off the gulf of mexico, and its impossible to miss this gigantic petrochemical factory. Thats a massive plant. Whats sometimes harder to see is whats finding its way out of it, plastic pellets, sometimes called nurdleles. How many pellets are going into the water on a daily basis. They managed to scoop up 79 billion in two years. Reporter diane wilson is a fourth generation fisher woman, who used to captain a fishing boat. This is the all over the bay. Reporter she is now an environmental activist, fighting one of the largest plastics manufacturers in the world. This was never the plan, to go from a fisherwoman to an environmental activist . No. People dont believe it, but i am normally very quiet. Im an introvert. Reporter so why this . Because it fell flat in my lap. Reporter the taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics first opened this factory in 1983. It now cov ....