Open AccessLebanon: The Effect of Sea Pollution on Humans
Author(s) -
Marie Abboud Abi Saab
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.981
Subject(s) - pollution , human health , environmental science , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , marine pollution , contamination , consumption (sociology) , water pollution , environmental protection , geography , environmental health , ecology , biology , medicine , social science , sociology
Sea pollution affects humans on two levels: 1) either through contact, by swimming in polluted water, or 2) through consumption of contaminated sea food and fish. In other words, human health will be affected according to the degree of contamination or pollution of the sea and its inhabitants.