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. 2024 Jul 9;90(1):41. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4471

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Infographic showing an iceberg of ocean pollution with plastic waste above the surface of the water (tip of the iceberg), and chemicals, pesticides, nutrients, mercury, and oil below the surface of the water — The Ocean Pollution-Berg: Plastic waste is just the tip of a larger ocean pollution problem (source: artist Will Stahl-Timmins; Landrigan et al. 2020 [27]).