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Yellowstone's hot springs are being changed by tourist trash

National Geographic says tourist litter is quietly altering the chemistry and look of Yellowstone's famous thermal pools; the pools have not filed a complaint.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNational Geographic reports that tourist litter is changing Yellowstone's famous thermal pools in ways nobody expected, and it is not good for the pools.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen treaties fail over less.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe pools were minding their own business for thousands of years, and then somebody dropped in a coin, a wrapper and a sandal.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA sandal.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd as with a certain division that played itself to a winless week, I want to know who is mediating between the tourists and the springs.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've covered three blizzards of the century, and none of them left a receipt. These pools have a litter record now.

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