Article: UN launches campaign to clean up coastal waters.(Environmental Intelligence)(Brief Article)

The United Nations Environment Programme has launched a campaign to clean up coastal waters by reducing the quantities of untreated sewage flowing into the seas. While much attention has been given to pollution from agricultural runoff (see "Ocean Dead Zones Multiplying," left), the largest volume of marine contamination by volume, worldwide, is from sewage. About 1 billion ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!