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wastewater 43–44
amount treated in US daily, ghost nets and, 19–20
34 of Great Barrier Reef, 42
percentage treated in low- household chemicals and, 41
income countries, 35 ingestion of plastics by,
Wear, Stephanie, 49 17–19
whales MPAs as safe havens for, 57
beluga, 36 oil spills and, 27–30, 28
impact of persistent pollution and, 36–38
organic pollutants on, Woods Hole Oceanographic
36–37 Institution, 27, 29
threat of ghost nets to, 20 World Bank, 59
wildlife World Wildlife Fund, 11
algal blooms and, 39–40
coral reefs as habitat for, 43, zooxanthellae, 46–47
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