No fast cure for Mediterranean Sea

Journal Article · Wed Jan 25 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Chem. Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:5099337

Seventeen nations, which met at a recent Monte Carlo conference sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), failed to take any major steps in the cleanup of the polluted sea because of conflict between economic and environmental concerns. A key item discussed at the conference was a treaty to control pollution from land sources, which account for 85% of the sea's contamination; and studies of atmospheric and river pollution were set up. The cost of control of land sources would exceed $5 billion. Developing nations at the conference expressed concern that pollution controls would retard industrial progress. Italy, the only heavily industrialized Mediterranean nation, does not have a waste disposal alternative, and as a result has stricter pollution control regulations. In the past three years, UNEP has persuaded the Mediterranean countries to agree on general protection against sea pollution and has developed a network of research and monitoring facilities.

• OSTI ID: 5099337
• Journal Information: Chem. Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Week; (United States) Vol. 122:4; ISSN CHWKA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
COOPERATION
COST
ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
INDUSTRY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
MONITORING
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
POLLUTION SOURCES
REGULATIONS
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION