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  2. Marine debris - Wikipedia

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    The ocean is a global common, so negative externalities of marine debris are not usually experienced by the producer. In the 1950s, the importance of government intervention with marine pollution protocol was recognized at the First Conference on the Law of the Sea. [77] Ocean dumping is controlled by international law, including:

  3. Chemical dumps in ocean off Southern California - Wikipedia

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    Waste disposed included refinery wastes, filter cakes and oil drilling wastes, chemical wastes, refuse and garbage, military explosives and radioactive wastes. [1] [2] From 1946 to 1970, over 56,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped into the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to a 1999 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The ...

  4. Sewage sludge - Wikipedia

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    It used to be common practice to dump sewage sludge into the ocean, however, this practice has stopped in many nations due to environmental concerns as well to domestic and international laws and treaties. [18] Ronald Reagan signed the law that prohibited ocean dumping as a means of disposal of sewage sludge in the US in 1988. [19]

  5. It's not just toxic chemicals. Radioactive waste was also ...

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    He pulled out an old map published by the International Atomic Energy Agency that noted from 1946 to 1970, more than 56,000 barrels of radioactive waste had been dumped into the Pacific Ocean on ...

  6. Scientists uncover startling concentrations of pure DDT along ...

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    The hope, officials said, is that the groundbreaking science now underway on the deep-ocean DDT dumping will ultimately inform how future investigations of other offshore dump sites — whether ...

  7. 2 boaters seen on viral video dumping trash overboard in ...

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    The video, which content creator Wavy Boats posted on YouTube, shows two people each dumping a trash bin full of garbage into the sea. A video still of boaters dumping trash off a boat into the ...

  8. Garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    Flotsam can be blown by the wind, or follow the flow of ocean currents, often ending up in the middle of oceanic gyres where currents are weakest. Within garbage patches, the waste is not compact, and although most of it is near the surface of the ocean, it can be found up to more than 30 metres (100 ft) deep in the water. [1]

  9. Hyperion sewage treatment plant - Wikipedia

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    Heal the Bay provided information to the public in 2017 when Hyperion was undergoing maintenance work on a 5-mile (8.0 km) pipeline that goes into the ocean. During this time, the plant used its emergency pipeline. This had negative impacts on local beaches such as a rise in chlorine and bacteria levels for two months. [8]