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Pupils swim in 'polluted' pool to understand plastic problem
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Given the chance, most young people would jump into pristine clean water for a swim, but last Tuesday, 80 pupils from international school Gems World Academy (Singapore) in Yishun dived into the school's Olympic-size swimming pool, which was filled with plastic bottles.
They thrashed about amid the trash, using their hands to bat away the rubbish to clear a path through the "polluted" water.
