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Scientists have found that pollution produced by shipping is worse than had been previously thought and that traffic on the North and Baltic Seas alone may contribute to up to 10,000 deaths a year.
Studies of areas with high levels of shipping show that nanoparticles – harmful pollutants that are so tiny they are invisible to the naked eye – are produced in higher quantities than previously thought.
Scientists from Lund University said that their research, carried out in the Baltic and North Sea would also apply to areas of heavy shipping in the UK as well, such as the English Channel.
The researchers, whose work is published in the journal Oceanologia, found half of the measured particles stem from sea traffic emissions, while the rest is deemed to be mainly from cars but also industries and natural particles from the sea.
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