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Chemicals and Waste
Marine and Freshwater

Definition(s)

Contamination of any ecosystem, but usually of freshwater or marine ecosystems, by oil or other petroleum products. (Source: GEMET/ISEP)

Hierarchy

Related terms:
oil spill
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