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Friday 27 November 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: HOW OCEAN POLLUTION AFFECTS HUMANS


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How ocean pollution affects humans [Infographic]
By Torben Lonne,
DIVE.in, 29 October 2015.

Pollution has put our oceans at the brink of disaster. Every year more than 8 million tonnes of plastic is dumped into the ocean, but how does that affect humans and what can we do to stop this behaviour?

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Top image: Microplastics in the Azores. Credit: Raceforwater/Wikimedia Commons.

[Source: DIVE.in. Top image added.]

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