All this adds up to perhaps 100m tonnes of floating garbage, and more is arriving every day.

这些漂浮的垃圾加起来重100吨，而且每天都在增加。

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But there are also worries over the health risks posed by floating garbage, open sewage and toxic runoff from industrial estates and rice paddies from the north.

但是人们也担心，由于漂浮的垃圾、没有掩盖的污水沟，以及从工业区和北方稻田溢流出的有毒物质会带来健康风险。

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For an integral -or floating point - value it means that the parameter has been initialized and does not contain garbage data.

对于整数(或浮点)值，这意味着参数已经初始化，且不包含垃圾数据。

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In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health.

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The floating garbage also can have harmful effects on people.

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All together, this mass of waste floating in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

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