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Article: MARINE POLLUTION: EUROPEAN RIVERS ARE MAIN SOURCE OF BLACK SEA POLLUTION
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- Europe Environment
- Article date:
- July 23, 1996
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Summary:
The Black Sea is heavily polluted and 90% of this pollution comes from the major European rivers like the Danube, the Dniepr and the Don, according to delegates attending an inter-parliamentary conference on the Black Sea environment from July 10 to 12 in Istanbul. The conference was organised jointly by the Parliamentary Assemblies of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation forum (PABSEC) and the Council of Europe and brought together some 70 MPs, 100 experts and academics from more than 25 European countries and Black Sea coastal states.
The Danube alone carries via its current huge quantities of chemical products towards the Black Sea: 1,000 tonnes of ...