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Bookmark or Share- Marine Dumping — Safe Drinking Water FoundationMarine dumping can destroy or degrade important habitats for aquatic species and cause coastal erosion and salutation, which affect the health and productivity of the marine environment. Litter items such as 6-pack ring packaging and microfilament fishing lines can entrap pelicans and other seabirds, and ultimately strangle or starve the birds.
- Marine Pollution: Ocean Dumping | National Oceanic and ...Until the 1970s, communities worldwide used the ocean as a dumping ground for wastes generated on land. This practice changed, however, as the harmful impacts of unregulated disposal became better understood.
- Cause and Effects of Ocean Dumping - Marine InsightOcean dumping is an activity that indicates dumping of various kinds of pollutants, mainly human generated, into the ocean water. The article describes several effects and causes of ocean dumping on the marine environment and the human life.
- Illegal Dumping Control - U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyIllegal dumping occurs nationwide in both urban and rural areas. Therefore, illegal dumping can occur and pose impacts in all states and communities. Illegal dumping in unpermitted areas and down storm drains can impair water quality. In Oregon’s Willamette Valley, one study found that the most common illegally dumped
- “The Ocean Is Not a Dumping Ground” Fifty Years of Regulating ...The World’s Dumping Ground. Covering about 70% of the Earth’s surface and accounting for 97% of its water, the ocean is the lifeblood of our planet. More than three billion people depend on the ocean for their livelihoods and food security. The ocean is also home to millions of plants and animals.
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