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Plastic pollution upsetting marine ecosystem, say experts [1]

‘Marine litter affecting the livelihood of fishermen’

Plastic pollution in marine ecosystems is causing health hazards and economic loss, according to marine scientists. The presence of plastic pollutants in seas and backwaters is upsetting the ecosystem and breeding grounds of a large number of economically important fish varieties, said V. Kripa, head of the Fishery Environment and Management Division of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2012
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [2]
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Kochi [3], Plastics [4], Marine Ecosystems [5], Scientists [6], Fish [7], Pollution [8], Health Effects [9], Water Pollution [10], Solid Waste [11], Kerala [12]
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