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| | From land, sea and air | | | | Most marine pollution comes from land-based sources. It reaches the seas by air and rivers as well as directly from land. The global range and nature of the damage caused is often disguised by the local impacts. Litter, heavy metals, hydrocarbons and radionuclides are not believed by marine scientists to be global problems, though often having a high priority at local levels. | | | | Sewage, eutrophication and sediment mobilization -- along with destruction of habitat -- are a major global concern among the UN experts. | | | | |
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| New Bans on Plastic Bags May Help Protect Marine Life
by Herro, Alana, Worldwatch Institute/Environment News Network 09 January 2008 | |
| | China’s surprise crackdown on plastic bags will prohibit the production and distribution of ultra-thin bags beginning June 1. | |
Read more at http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/28931.
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