Public opinion poll shows disconnect between storm drains, Bay

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A mass of Styrofoam cups, plastic bottles and leaves churned slowly in the water in Canton, caught on its way from Baltimore-area storm drains to the Chesapeake Bay.

The garbage from streets and neighborhoods far from the Inner Harbor flows mostly unfiltered into the Chesapeake Bay ? a fact few residents realize, according to a study sponsored by a coalition of watershed activist groups.

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