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Henderson Island        Video        G        29 July 2019

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?time_continue=57&v=ua4ZqbUGZC0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

water pollution        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/03/
water-companies-polluting-rivers-beaches

 

 

 

 

New York Times > Toxic Waters        USA

 

A series about the worsening pollution

in American waters

and regulators' response

http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters

 

 

 

 

 

The inventory of pollutants

at the bottom of the Passaic River,

which meanders for 90 miles

through northern New Jersey,

is long and truly frightening.

 

More than a century

of industrial activity

has deposited PCBs, pesticides

and other contaminants

into sediment that, in some places,

is 15 feet deep.

 

Among the worst of the poisons

is dioxin,

generated in part

by a plant in Newark

that produced Agent Orange

and other deadly pesticides

during the 1960s.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/
opinion/a-cleanup-plan-for-a-toxic-river.html

 

 

 

 

 

Murray Stein        USA        1917-2010

crusader against water pollution

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/science/earth/05stein.html

 

 

 

 

 

phosphates        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/science/earth/19clean.html

 

 

 

 

 

toxins        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/us/
lifting-ban-toledo-says-its-water-is-safe-to-drink-again.html

 

 

 

 

 

Find Water Polluters Near You        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/
toxic-waters/polluters/power-plants/index.html
 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/
toxic-waters/polluters/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK > ocean pollution        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/19/
603936455/to-curb-ocean-pollution-u-k-may-ban-plastic-straws-stirrers-and-cotton-swabs

 

 

 

 

plastic pollution        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/09/
recycling-plastic-crisis-oceans-pollution-corporate-responsibility

 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/25/
david-attenborough-on-the-scourge-of-the-oceans-
i-remember-being-told-plastic-doesnt-decay-its-wonderful

 

 

 

 

ocean plastic pollution in Scotland        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2017/jun/27/
ocean-plastic-pollution-scotland-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

plastic waste > South Pacific > Henderson Island        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/30/
henderson-island-the-pacific-paradise-groaning-under-18-tonnes-of-plastic-waste

 

 

 

 

 

plastic > the Great Pacific Garbage Patch        USA

 

one of five major garbage patches

drifting in the oceans

north and south of the Equator

at the latitude

of our great terrestrial deserts

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/
opinion/choking-the-oceans-with-plastic.html

 

 

 

 

 

The Pacific's plastic shame        UK        3 November 2009

 

A vast plastic terra incognita,

composed of the detritus of our civilisation,

has formed an area the size of Texas

in the Pacific Ocean.

 

And feeding on this submerged stratum

of bottle caps and beer-can loops

is one of the most beautiful birds in creation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/nov/03/
albatross-plastic-poison-pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

microplastics > deep ocean

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/06/
729419975/microplastics-have-invaded-the-deep-ocean-and-the-food-chain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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