The True Scale of Ocean Pollution

Today we're investigating the many different ways the ocean has been polluted, using a book I've been reading lately, The Swarm by Frank Schatzing, as my guide! Join me in the wonderful world of dumping all your problems into the ocean, where nuclear submarine, mustard gas, sulfuric acid, and heaps and heaps of trash are only the tip of the iceberg. Donate to TeamSeas here: https://teamseas.org/ Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro Special thanks the @StefanMilo for lending his voice to author of The Swarm Frank Schatzing! Check out the interactive map of chemical weapons dumping here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1IU5kWbDrPOrUccOrQ0In4Ca-zWQ&hl=en_US&ll=29.563469741483345%2C-3.427734375&z=2 Music: https://soundcloud.com/atlas-pro-music "Deliberate Thought" by Kevin Macleod Sources / Further Reading: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-10/documents/lc1972.pdf https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/31404684750.pdf http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/stevens2/ http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/stevens2/docs/guruswamy.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070614060141/http://archive.greenpeace.org/pressreleases/nucreprocess/2000jun26.html#one http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/stevens2/docs/iaea_vol36_no2.pdf https://nuclear.jrc.ec.europa.eu/tipins/contracts/feasibility-study-and-preparation-implementation-action-plan-concerning-safe-and-secure https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200901-the-radioactive-risk-of-sunken-nuclear-soviet-submarines https://web.archive.org/web/20070828095122/http://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/no.nukes/reprohn.html https://e360.yale.edu/features/radioactivity_in_the_ocean_diluted_but_far_from_harmless https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/30/A-Dutch-freighter-dumped-more-nuclear-waste-into-the/5048399528000/ https://www.oecd-nea.org/rwm/profiles/Spain_report.pdf https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-launched-over-ddt-ocean-dumping-off-southern-california-2021-05-27/#:~:text=%E2%80%94%20Following%20the%20recent%20discovery%20that,Diversity%20sent%20Montrose%20Chemical%20Corp.&text=facility%20to%20barges%2C%20where%20they,ocean%20near%20Santa%20Catalina%20Island. https://nonproliferation.org/chemical-weapon-munitions-dumped-at-sea/ https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ll=5.368292378570188%2C0&z=2&mid=1ALnyOrN5JQ8H50znwJqI_Sj8IwE https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0166445X88900793 https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-04-26/ddt-waste-barrels-off-la-coast-shock-california-scientists https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/ddt-brief-history-and-status https://world-nuclear.org/focus/fukushima-daiichi-accident/japan-nuclear-fuel-cycle.aspx https://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2009/09/01/how-much-radiation-does-it-take-to-kill-you/ https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/publications/magazines/bulletin/bull36-2/36205981216.pdf https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decaying-weapons-world-war-II-threaten-waters-worldwide-180961046/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/environment-health-news/disposal-chemical-weapons-oceans https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral-overfishing.html https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2011/12/09/marine-fisheries-employment-260-million-jobs https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-commercial-fishing-industry-market-to-2026---exhaustion-of-marine-resources-are-inhibiting-market-growth-300791788.html https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/2017/06/microplastic-pollution-antarctica-extremely-serious/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40311-4 https://phys.org/news/2020-04-plastic-pollution-antarctica.html https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/legacy-danger-old-nuclear-waste-found-in-english-channel-a-893991.html https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/node/6619 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48949113 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEtq5Pe5Yg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWKAfqL-F2c https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/med-use-radioactive-materials.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40311-4 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stemming-the-plastic-tide-10-rivers-contribute-most-of-the-plastic-in-the-oceans/