Abstract
The incineration of chemical waste at sea started in 1969 on the North Sea. Only during the last few years has the technique become hotly debated as a result of the opposition to it by some environmentalist groups.
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Compaan, H. (1993). Waste Incineration at Sea. In: Salomons, W., Bayne, B.L., Duursma, E.K., Förstner, U. (eds) Pollution of the North Sea. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73709-1_16
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