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FORWARDING LETTER

To,
The course teacher,
Nishat Sultana & Elora shahab sharmee,
Dept. of Humanities,
BUET.
Sub:- Report submission about sea pollution and its prevention.
Dear Madam,
I would like to inform you that, I have been successful to
complete the report about Sea pollution and its prevention,
which you had given me as an assignment. Really it was an
interesting one. As it was my first assignment, I had to face
some problem at first. But by the cordial help of some of my
senior brothers and also some of my friends, I was able to
overcome the problem. I have taken majority parts of my
information from internet. I also read a few books about this
topic.
I think my small effort can fulfill your queries about sea
pollution.
I draw your attention and kind consideration if you find any
unexpected mistake in this report as it is my first assignment.

With best compliments,

Md. Abdullah-Al-Mamun
Student no. 0612003
Dept. of NAME
Level 2/Term 1
Date:- Dhaka, 11/10/2008
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Table of contents
Title page i
Forwarding letter ii
Table of contents iii
List of illustrations iv
Summary v
1. Introduction 1
2. Background history 1
3. Sea pollution facts 2
3.1. Sea pollution facts based on USA 2
3.2. Condition of other continents 2
4. Causes of sea pollution 4
4.1. Oil pollution 4
4.2. Urban waste and sewage 5
4.3. Gas impact 6
4.4. Plastic pollution 7
4.5. Agricultural waste 8
4.6. Pollution by ship 8
4.7. Radioactive pollution 8
4.8. Ecological disruption 9
5. Prevention 10
6. Recommendation 14
Appendix 15
List of references 17
Glossary 18

List of illustrations
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Fig 1: Baltic Sea 3

Fig 2: Effects of oil in marine environment 5
Fig 3: Decreasing pH with year 6
Fig 4: Pollybags and bottles mixed with sea water 7
Fig 5: Corals and colorful species of fish 10
Fig 6: Dongtan ecocity situated in china 12
Chart 1: Oil pollution sources 4
Chart 2: Containments of urban waste 6
Chart 3: Waste management hierarchy 10
Chart 4: The waste minimization assessment procedure 11
Chart 5: Non toxic household chemicals 13
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SUMMERY

Water is life. This is not only a bookish sentence, but also a real fact.
Because every single living being on earth, depends on water. But the
main sources of this living fluid are oceans and seas. So, when sea is
getting polluted, there must arise a question about the existence of lives.
Our sea is getting polluted day by day and it is contaminated with
harmful substances by various ways. It is man who creates this problem
directly or indirectly. But as sea pollution is very slow process, they
cannot able to realize what is happening. Now this problem becomes
such a bad condition that it is time for all of us to think about it and find a
solution to it as soon as possible. And only human can overcome this
problem and save other lives by his effort.