Pollution in Persian Gulf Threatens Halobios and Human BeingsSamples of fish recently caught in the Persian Gulf have showed that trace of heavy toxic metals, such as mercury and lead, in the Gulf has reached to a record level.This illustrated that the sprawling pollution in the region, particularly oil-related pollution, has become a dangerous threat to marine lives as well as human beings, the official WAM news agency of the United Arab Emirates reported on Friday. Quoted by the WAM, Abdulaziz Al-Madfa, director general of Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority, said that the rapid growth of the Gulf countries in the past two decades has caused the serious marine pollution. Madfa said that oil stations along the beaches throughout the region are leaking huge quantities of oil into the sea day by day while supplying oil tankers. In addition to accidents occurring in some offshore oil fields, the sinking of a large number of unseaworthy tankers and the routine cleaning of oil tankers in the sea have also caused the marine pollution, he said. The official noted that using chemicals to clean the oil slick could be more dangerous than the oil slick itself in killing the halobios. As many researches have demonstrated that marine pollution has great impacts on mankind and can cause many diseases, including mental problems, Madfa said. |
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