Marine Pollution: Diagnosis and TherapyWhen, in 1966, the Gennan Research Society directed the attention of oceanographers in the Federal Republic of Ger many to problems of marine pollution, I was not enthusiastic. Emphasis on this problem area meant that other important research plans had to be postponed. But the lectures at the Third International Oceanographic Congress, September 1970, in Tokyo, and at the FAO Conference on Marine Pollution and its Effects on Living Resources and Fishing, December 1970, in Rome, convinced me that research on problems of marine pollution is a social obligation, and that the oceanographer has to take a stand. I issued public warnings about the continuing use of pesticides and had to defend myself against protests by the fishing industry and many colleagues who were, in Novem ber 1970, unaware of the extent of the threat. Thus, I was required by my profession to acquire an overview of the prob lems of ocean pollution. In 1971 I only needed to familiarize myself with some one hundred bibliographical items. In the interim, the flood of data has risen dramatically, and in the year 1975, no fewer than 868 publications under the heading of "Marine Pollution" were reported (Table 1). It is, therefore, more and more diffi cult to distinguish new results of scientific research from the many repetitions and variations, and I fear that from year to year my efforts to illustrate the actual status of the problem at a given moment will be subject to more gaps. |
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... dumped in the ocean . In 1968 , 14,000 t of waste matter from pesticide plants on the Mississippi were dumped into the Gulf of Mexico every month . This figure is just a fraction of the estimated total of 330,000 t of pesticide waste ...
... dumped in the ocean . In 1968 , 14,000 t of waste matter from pesticide plants on the Mississippi were dumped into the Gulf of Mexico every month . This figure is just a fraction of the estimated total of 330,000 t of pesticide waste ...
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... dumped into the sea . The same is done with a variety of earth material , partly used as land fill when reclaiming shallow coastal areas for urban or industrial purposes . Waste water treatment plants release rather clean treated ...
... dumped into the sea . The same is done with a variety of earth material , partly used as land fill when reclaiming shallow coastal areas for urban or industrial purposes . Waste water treatment plants release rather clean treated ...
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... dumped in the mouth of the Thames , and with the sludge from the Manchester- Liverpool area , about 0.6 million m3 in 1971 , with about 40,000 t of dry material per year , which is dumped in Liverpool Bay , Irish Sea . A working group ...
... dumped in the mouth of the Thames , and with the sludge from the Manchester- Liverpool area , about 0.6 million m3 in 1971 , with about 40,000 t of dry material per year , which is dumped in Liverpool Bay , Irish Sea . A working group ...
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