The pollution in the Baltic Sea sounds abysmal, according to this Speigel Online article trying to make an effort to point out the potential to save the sea. Besides the continuous increase of phosphorus and nitrogen making its way into the sea through human pollution each year, it also suffers from an extremely toxic sea floor. Apparently after World War II, thousands of tons of chemical weapons were dumped into the sea. Then in 2006, roughly 23,000 barrels of mercury were found on the sea floor. It sounds as if all of this has settled, yet has the potential to be stirred up at any time.
The Baltic countries have created a new plan to try and save the sea from becoming so polluted that sea life cannot exist and people cannot use it as a resource, or even to swim in. However, there has been a 10-member organization seeking to clean the sea since 1974, and pollution levels have only gotten steadily worse. Perhaps, during this period of “green” interest, the efforts will finally be effective, but they need to change their strategy greatly from before if they are going to make any progress.
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