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Almost half of the world's aquatic environments are severely contaminated by waste, research reveals
- February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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"Dirty" or "extremely dirty": these are the classifications of 46% of the world's aquatic environments. This conclusion comes from a study that compiled and systematized data from 6,049 records of waste contamination in aquatic environments on all continents over the last decade.
Originally published at Phys.org