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MAJOR MARINE POLLUTANTS
Most of the major pollutants of concern in the marine environment are human
induced mainly as a result of industrialization and human quest for natural
resources  anthropogenic induced stressors.

Chemical inputs to and distribution within the aquatic system . From Di Giulio and
Hinton (2008)

Pollution (in whatever form) as reported by UNEP (Sherman and Hempel, 2008) is
among the four major complex marine environmental problems, the others
include:
1. Habitat modification
2. Overfishing and other threats to aquatic living resources
3. Global warming

In the Proceeding published by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism on a
Workshop on ‘Environmental Problems in Namibia’ (Zeidler et al., 2001), pollution
was listed as one of the priority issues of concern regarding environmental quality
in the country.

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