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The Back to Blue team was at the UN Ocean Conference in Portugal and spoke to President Surangel Whipps Jr. of Palau about the ocean pollution issues they face, and Professor Bethanie Carney Almroth, Associate Professor of EcoToxicology, University of Gothenberg about her research into marine pollution and why she and her colleagues believe the pollution planetary boundary has been breached in the ocean.

Marine Chemical Pollution

Gateway to the ocean: a call for greater collaboration on marine pollution

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From risk to reward: investments for a circular plastics economy

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Lessons from Minamata: Japan’s chemical past and ambiguous future

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A treaty of true cost: recalibrating the economics of the plastics industry

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Where does marine chemical pollution come from?

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Which chemicals are polluting our ocean?

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Bankers of the world, unite (to end marine pollution)

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A long and winding road: chemicals and the plastics value chain

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Closing the marine pollution data gap: The Global Estuaries Monitoring Programme

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Climate change: what is ocean acidification?

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Fireside chat: building a global consensus on a zero-pollution ocean

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