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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
is not the main Baltic Sea pollutant. Poland, which has the most toxic industry in the region and an underdeveloped agriculture, leads the way here. The biggest pollutants in the Baltic Sea are phosphate and nitrogen fertilizers that are dumped into it.Poland, Russia and Sweden dump 35%, 18% and 11% of phosphorus into the Baltic Sea, respectively. Poland also leads the way in terms of nitrogen (27%) and is followed by Sweden and Russia with 17% and 14%, respectively.
The Baltic Sea"s problems are explained by its geographic features. This is the smallest and the most shallow European inland sea with an extremely slow water turnover. The local marine environment is no longer able to process the water intake. Seaweed and algae populations are increasing, while oxygen content is diminishing steadily. Entire sectors have already been pronounced environmentally dead.
The Baltic Sea Action Summit adopted almost 140 decisions, including programs and projects
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